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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1922
Page
3
Describes coats and wraps with rich fabrics, fur collars, silk linings, and velours. Notes variety from plain tailored to silk embroidered pieces, priced around 25 dollars. Emphasizes luxurious materials and affordable elegance in a Second Moor center display.
Women's stockings advertised emphasize practicality and comfort with styles including sport hose in African brown sponge and black at 1.00 dollars, full fashioned silk hose at 41.50, lisle hose at 0.50, and mercerized lisle with reinforced heel and toe in black cordovan putty tan. Main floor left center.
Hats described as velvet and silk with gold or silver accents, offered in many colors and sizes all at five dollars. Gloves highlighted include strap wrist capes, chamoisette options, and embroidered backs, with prices from 85 cents to 2.50, across the second floor displays.
The store offers a wide selection of overcoats in colors like tan brown and grey. Styles include box coat Raglan Klavicle Ulster and Chesterfield with prices from 22.50 to 35 and up. Main floor rear location highlighted.
A vintage advertisement touts men's shirts at 1.00 with fine percale fabrics, silk socks at 0.75, cape skin gloves at 3.00, half wool shirts and drawers 1.50, and all cotton combination suits 1.50. Hats priced 3.00 to 4.00 feature fall and winter colors and updated styles.
Advertises white girls middies at $1.50 and men’s bathrobes at $5 to $6 with wide collars, V neck, white braid trim, and three-row trimming. Describes quality as strong, staunch white galatea and various dark and medium shades. Promo notes second floor rear display and Moor location.
A catalog-style notice advertises cotton kerchiefs for women at 40c and children at 10c, plus men’s hemstitched handkerchiefs two for 25c. It highlights silver and gold ribbons suitable for bags, scarves, crowns, hats, and mentions an $8 per yard price in the main floor display.
The ad lists boys overcoats in all sizes from ages 3 to 18 with styles including pebble cheviot Russian collar belts and belted plaid backs. Prices range from 11 dollars for younger boys to 18 dollars for older youths, plus a brown heather mix mackinaw at 10 dollars.
Clearance listing offers football pants from sizes 34 to 40 at 95 cents, wool jerseys in red blue or white for 1.95, and official varsity footballs of high quality Tufide leather at 4.90. Fourth floor front displays the items while quantities last.
Vintage description recalls corded and striped white waists with round collars. Some have colored embroidery on collars and cuffs, others black embroidery, and several with dainty lace edging. Prices noted at $2. Second floor rear.
Fashion presents a broad selection of dresses featuring waist and skirt contrasts in embroidered fabrics, matelasse upper sections, and straight line frocks with silk braid and Persian embroidery. Sleeves show numerous shapes. Hundreds priced at 4 and 19.50. Second floor center.
Two popular Rengo corset models offered at a special price. Style 244 features broad elastic gore at the top and a sturdy back steel, with heavy flesh coutil and double boning across the abdomen and front steel, sizes 23 to 36, for $2.50. Style 300 uses heavy flesh cantil material, medium low bust, well boned with a broad front steel and elastic at the back, sizes 23 to 36, also $2.50.
Small catalog item describes sport chains of delicate beauty made from tiny beads linked for strength. Available in rainbow colors and pearl white, with very small and a few larger beads. Implies use as a door or front ornament.
Colonial pumps in black satin and patent leather shown with Louis heel and suede inset. Features include patent leather tongue, satin inset, French box heel, and rich styling. Main floor Fairfield Ave.
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