Arnold's Victorian Fashion

Children's dress in the early 20th century Samples of international dress were part of the "Art Scrap Book." Our PDF is incomplete, as the customer evidently did not buy enough bread to collect all the illustrations: [ http://bit.ly/BetsyRossBreadScrap ] It does, however, give one a glimpse of a few of the fashions of the time. Sandusky OH was the center of the original Betsy Ross Bread enterprise, as recorded at [ http://bit.ly/BetsyRossBreadHistory ] According to the Sandusky Library Archives Research Center, "The H and S Modern Baking Company was founded in Sandusky about 1918 by Amandus Smith, Sr. and Edward Hartzel, and continued in operation until the early 1950’s." Google has lots of images of Betsy Ross Bread. Click on the album below to enlarge pamphlet excerpts and images. For as much of the booklet as we have, click [ http://bit.ly/BetsyRossBreadScrap ] #EmmaJanesFavoriteFashions

The "Climax" may have been the hat, but the rest of the outfit was noteworthy, too. Hill Brothers has previously been featured in our Hats Collection, [ http://bit.ly/TheMyraHat ] Courtesy of Hathi Trust and Google, you can access a PDF of "12 Letters to a Young Milliner" by the Hill Brothers organization at [ http://bit.ly/TwelveLettersToAYoungMilliner ] #EmmaJanesFavoriteFashions #Victoriansinhats #HillBrothers

Height of fashion, 1894! A grape outfit sells grape products. The back of the card makes health claims for Sanitas Grape Food and juice that were most likely exaggerated. Meanwhile, we found a photo of a Sanitas container as part of a slide presentation by Tobin Gilman [ https://www.slideshare.net/tgilman/book-presentation-11-1613 ] Tobin Gilman says, "This presentation was delivered at the New Almaden Quicksilver Mining Museum on November 16, 2013. It features a subset of content from the award winning book, 19TH CENTURY SAN JOSE IN A BOTTLE, as well as general interest material not included in the book." #EmmaJanesFavoriteFashions

Fishy Fashion Starting with the unlikely print of a stylish young lady being observed by a distracted fisherman, the Arthur James story unfolds. Click the album to enlarge your view of the back of the card and other info we gathered via our Google searches on the Excelsior Needle & Fish Hook Works in Redditch, UK. You can view a brief history of the Redditch needle industry at [ http://www.redditchhistory.org.uk/needles.html ] Still curious about Redditch? See [ http://www.redditchheritage.org.uk/ ] #EmmaJanesFavoriteFashions #bestarnoldcards

Daring exposure for a Victorian woman! While the home piano & organ business has declined, this particular design has maintained its popularity. See comments below for the reverse of the card. #EmmaJanesFavoriteFashions #bestarnoldcards #NewmanBros

Mistletoed! G.W. Parker of Rockford IL hopes you will celebrate the occasion by buying a new pair of Reynolds Brothers shoes. Click the image to enlarge and you will find that you still cannot get a good view of... their shoes. But then again, its possible neither has any thought of shoes just now! #EmmaJanesFavoriteFashions