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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1927
Page
15
A list of women’s fashion items and accessories is shown with prices this period. Items include sheer chiffon, plain or with French clocks, leather slippers, Fett lined slippers, stationery, hose, blue suede vanity, lip stick, and other beauty products priced from $1.85 to $7.50. Market tones suggest retail display summaries from a department or general store.
A list of discounted items offers 35 ash trays priced from 1.78 to 5 dollars, silk collared shirts in white blue or grey up to 9 dollars, fancy pajamas from silk or printed percale 2 to 13.50 dollars, Badger lather brushes at 7 dollars, and cigarette cases ranging 1.50 to 17 dollars.
Listing offers solid mahogany Priscilla sewing cabinet at $7 and Windsor sewing chair in mahogany or maple for $8. Also items include a foot stool with tapestry cover, Elizabeth Arden hand lotion, sterling silver thimbles, thread wax in fruit shapes, an Emery bag, and a 26 piece Wim Rogers silver plate bridge set. Prices shown: $1, $2.50, $1.98, $6.50, $10, $1.50, and $4. Furniture and linens include linen tea sets and a 45x5 lunch cloth.
A catalog listing presents a silver plated tea set with pot sugar bowl cretin pitcher and tray, water jugs and other items. Prices range from 1 to 8 dollars for various decorative goods including ribbon sachets, chiffon hose, limited edition stationery, leather calendars and animal shaped perfume containers.
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