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Americans that settled in rural areas and small towns and depended upon a traveling peddler hawking his merchandise; by the late 19th century, an evolution from one individual to an emporium or general store became a reality that stocked with a variety of merchandise for the consumer.
Snyder & Grubb Clothing Emporium Olive Branch, v. XIII, New Series, no. 83, Whole no. 658, February 13, 1855, p. .
Roberts & Moyer Clothing Olive Branch, v. XIII, New Series, no. 83, Whole no. 658, February 13, 1855, p. .
The mechanization of America’s textile mills and the expansion of the garment industry, from the late 19th to the early 20th centuries, propelled stores to retail the mass produced ready-to-wear goods, available to consumers, and establish a market where fashion designs constantly changed. Retailers viewed the constant change, in the fashion industry, as an opportunity to artificially produced shifts in fashion, such as creating a season’s newest fashions, with advertisements in the weekly newspapers and magazines.
Charles Williams Store Mail Order The Chicago Ledger, v. XLIV, no. 4, January 22, 1916, p. 9.
Dress patterns The Chicago Ledger, v. XLIX, no. 35, Saturday, August 27, 1921, p. 15.
Men's Fashion The Gaelic American, v. XIII no. 22, May 27, 1916, Whole Number 663, p. 8.
The advertisement below, from The Gaelic American, is for an Irish tailor in New York City in 1916.
Shoe Repair The Gaelic American, v. II, No. 46, November 18, 1905, p. 8.
Shopping Bags The Fra: a Journal of Affirmation, v. 10, no. 4, January, 1913 p. lxii.
Corset The Chicago Ledger, v. XLIX, no. 48, November 26, 1921, p. 13.
Lachnite Gems set in Solid Gold Rings The Chicago Ledger, v. XLIV, no. 12, March 18, 1916, p. 22.
Strawbridge and Clothier Christmas The Catholic Standard and Times, v. 19, no. 6, December 20, 1913, p. 3.
Gianoulis, Tina. "Department Stores." St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture. Ed. Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast. Vol. 1. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000. 688. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 26 Sept. 2016.
Steele, Valerie, and Colleen Gau. "Corset." Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion. Ed. Valerie Steele. Vol. 1. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2005. 292. Web. 27 Sept. 2016.
"New Mail-Order House: The Charles Williams Stores..." New York Times. 1 March 1913: 16. Web. ProQuest. 12 Sept. 2016.
"Clothing, 1900–18." Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages. Ed. Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast. Vol. 4: Modern World Part I: 1900-1945. Detroit: UXL, 2004. 664. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 21 July 2016.
Leach, William. “Chapter 4: Fashion and the Indispensable Thing.” Land of Desire: Merchants, Power, and the Rise of a New American Culture. New York : Pantheon Books, 1993. Web. 26 Sept. 2016.
Emery, Joy Spanabel. "Patterns and Pattern Making." Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion. Ed. Valerie Steele. Vol. 3. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2005. 25, 27. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 30 Nov. 2016.
David, Alison Matthews. "Tailoring." Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion. Ed. Valerie Steele. Vol. 3. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2005. 263. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 1 Dec. 2016.
Anderson, Fiona. "Shoes, Men's." Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion. Ed. Valerie Steele. Vol. 3. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2005. 172. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 30 Nov. 2016.
Johnson, Anna. "Handbags and Purses." Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion. Ed. Valerie Steele. Vol. 2. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2005. 171. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 1 Dec. 2016.
Batchelor, Bob. The 1900s. Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2002. 97. Print.
Ershkowitz, Herbert B. "Shopping." Encyclopedia of Recreation and Leisure in America. Ed. Gary S. Cross. Vol. 2. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004. 258. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 1 Dec. 2016.

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