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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1907
Page
6
Catalog text lists Red Figure Marks for women and children including 7c cotton hose with gray heels and toes, 12 1-2c ribbed children’s hose, 5c ribbed children’s hose, and 9c stout cotton hose with double knees. Items feature ribbing, fast black color, and seamless or reinforced toes and heels. Regular prices range from 12 1-2c to 19c.
A long list of domestic textiles and linens priced with red figure marks, including cottons, flannels, linens, sheets, pillow slips, table covers, blankets, comforters, crochet bedspreads, towels, and marseilles spreads. Prices range from fractions of a cent to several dollars, highlighting quality grades and yardages for housekeepers.
A catalog of footwear items with marked sale prices including women's box calf and kidskin boots, felt slippers, wool lined boots, crochet slippers in multiple colors, misses and children's boots, and men's slippers. Prices range from 47c to 98c with regular prices noted.
Sale ad lists multiple men’s items with red price marks including woolen underwear socks collars shirts and gloves. Items feature odd sizes and discounts from standard prices such as 39c to 98c, with specific patterns and brands noted for shirts and gloves.
A sale of boys and children's knitwear and outerwear features high neck wool and worsted sweaters in navy gray oxford and cardinal, knit caps and stocking caps, and a double breasted jack tar reefer for ages 3 to 6. Prices range from 49 to 98 cents, with several items marked as Red Figure or discounted from higher regular prices.
A long list of low price sewing notions and household goods with Red Figure Mark prices. Items include cotton, thread, tape, hooks and eyes, fasteners, talcum powder, duster sets, polishes, lace thread, buttons, corset laces, needles, soap, and other small hardware. Many items show regular price and sale price figures.
A sale listing details discounted prices on women's coats skirts and accessories. Items include black Thibet coats 34 length semi fitted backs panne velvet trim satin lining and marked down from 9.93 to 6.98 plus various wool blends and fur accessories with prices reduced for misses and children's wear. Several fur sets muffs and scarfs are offered with marked reductions.
Red Figure Mark promotes children clothing including Bonnets worsted silk crushed velvet in multiple colors and sizes sold at 50 73 cents. It lists Cotton Drawers 2 12 years 1212 and tie price 10 cents. Also mentions Drawers full hemstitched ruffie 10 year sizes priced 1 25 cents and Cotton Skirts 6 12 years priced 25 cents.
An assortment of corsets and girdles offered with Red Figure Mark pricing. Items include White Latteen Corsets in medium to long cuts with attached hose supporters, Red Figure Mark priced pieces from 29c to 98c, and specialty coutil corsets in multiple styles, some in odd lots or broken sizes.
Advertising copy details a sale of white lawn waists with embroidery, tucks, and Valenciennes edge variations, plus woolen waists in Mohair and nun's veiling fabrics. Items show buttoned fronts or backs, and trims described as edgings. Reduced price 95 cents.
A market list offers women and children handkerchiefs with red figure patterns and hemstitching. Linen and cambric options are priced from 5 to 19 cents, with men’s hemstitched linen handkerchiefs at about 12 to 13 cents.
An advertisement touts 104 books by standard authors with prices from 49c to 1.08. Red Figure Mark offers 25¢ items and 2 for 5e boxes of stationery. Pretty Pictures feature colored mats and 24 sheets paper and 24 envelopes priced under 40c. Writing tablets for school work listed at 4c.
Red Figure Mark offers on ribbons from 5 to 39 cents per yard with black velvet ribbons 1-2 to 2 inches wide. A 121-2 piece selection includes satin taftas and Louisianne fabrics 3 to 5 inches wide priced 25 to 39 cents per yard. Also remnants 19 to 29 cents per yard and linen collars at bargain 12 1/2 cents. Stocks in linen lawn and silk priced 25 to 50 cents.
A fragment describes waists of good lawn with buttoned backs and short sleeves, a double breasted eiderdown dress with satin frogs, and embroidered Sacques with deep sailor collars. Prices cited include $2.98 for dresses and $1.98 for Red Figure Mark items and wallace insertions.
Sale listing shows odds and ends including silk embroidered pillows a college pump Washington Elm John Harvard and other subjects slightly soiled price five dollars. Other items include odd shades of silk fringe and shop damaged stock described as rumpled.
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