The American Lady

Postcard

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Sutliff Museum

Name/Title

The American Lady

Entry/Object ID

SM.2015.2.2

Tags

1900s

Description

American Lady Corsets advertisement postcard with a drawing of "The American Lady" wearing a pink 1900s formal dress with a cape and hat with feathers. Vertical orientation. Front writing "American Lady Corsets" in upper left corner, and "Copyright 1906 by American Lady Corset Co.", "The American Lady" Trade Mark bottom center. The back is split with advertisement "Ask to see the new models of the American Lady Corsets. They produce the long, clinging lines of the present fashion. Insist upon just this make. Prices range from $1 to $5 Let us fit you - L. L Keck & Son Greenville, Pa." and one side for mailing address with handwritten "Margaret Kellogg, Kinsman, Ohio". Pub. by Cargill Co. Required one cent stamp for domestic mailing, two cent stamp for foreign mailing.

Collection

Bonnie Summers Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Shopping, Advertising mail, Dressmaking, Women's underwear, Postcards, Advertising, Dress, Advertisements, Shops, Art, Women, Clothing industry, Clothing stores, Corsets, Women domestics, Clothing & dress, Clothes designers

Search Terms

Art, Artifacts, Correspondence/Postcard, Cultural Activities, Domestic Life, Domestic Life/Household Goods, Domestic Life/Sewing & Needlework, People, Postal Services, Retail, Social & Personal Activity, Kinsman, Ohio

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Kellogg, Margaret

Person or Organization

Keck, L. L.