The Curlee Clothing Company, formerly the Corinth Woolen Mills, moved to St. Louis from Corinth, Mississippi, in 1905. In 1913, The Curlee Clothing Company absorbed the Schwab Clothing Company, the oldest corporation of its kind west of the Mississippi….The Curlee Clothing Company collection, 1938, contain materials on the treatment of organized labor by the company…. The collection consists of one letter and three fliers about Curlee Clothing Company’s unfair treatment of organized labor. – Georgia State University Library Digital Collection [digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/findingaids/id/1070]
Clothing & Retail
Curlee Clothing Co. – St. Louis, MO
Blogg & Littauer – Jacob Propos & Sons – West 26th Street – Chelsea, NYC – Laura Friedman
- Blogg & Littauer, etc., 151-163 W. 26th St. (2002) – Walter Grutchfield
E&W Linen Collars & Cuffs – Best Made – Ivory Soap – Yonkers, NY
On Dr. Ken Jone’s American Ghosts website, you can see “Trunks & Satchels” more clearly before flashing was secured around the perimeter of this building.
Berry-Burk Co – Richmond, VA
The sign is for Berry-Burk and Company, a clothing retailer that dates back to the 1879. The Berry-Burk & Company name was born through mergers and buyouts in 1931. The sign sits atop the Berry-Burk store that was known as “The Fashion Center of the South.” The Renaissance Revival style building was built in 1928. In 2006, the building was converted to “luxury” apartments homes. The redevelopment of the building incorporated the Berry-Burk name. The building is located in the Grace Street Commercial Historic District that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. – EC Leatherberry – Flickr Photostream
Spingarn’s – Orange, NJ
SPINGARN-Harry. On September 4, 2002. A former clothing merchant in Orange, NJ. Survived by his wife Joyce (nee Frankel), sons, David, Arthur, and Roger, and their wives, five grandchildren, and a brother Edwin. – NY Times Paid Notice Obituary
Dixon Dry Goods – Shoes – Clothing | Utopian Hosiery | Copper Riveted Overalls – Grants Pass, OR
Previously posted on FAB:
- Dixon Dry Goods – Grants Pass, OR – Sept. 1, 2009
The Dixon Dry Goods Building was constructed following the January 1894 fire that destroyed nearly the entire block.The Dixon Dry Goods business operated in the building until 1911. Since then the building has had a variety of businesses in it. The current business, “Never A Bum Steer” moved to this location in 1994. The building was renovated in 1994 and the Dixon Dry Goods sign on the front of the building was probably redone or added at that time. The signs on the upper west wall are most likely original and very difficult to read. – Waymarking – Volcano Guy