Manufacturers and Distributors
name: label: Series Creator
content: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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content: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Men's Clothing
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1818-1943, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Men, Subseries 1
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content: Archival materials
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content: Manufacturers and Distributors records include bills, receipts, business cards, advertising cards, printed advertisements, business correspondence on letterhead stationary and invoices from manufacturers and sellers of men's clothing.  Businesses range in size from sole proprietors or tailors to large manufacturers like Cluett Peabody, makers of the Arrow shirt, and large retailers such as Brooks Brothers. The companies were located primarily in the Northeastern United States including New York, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania, with several from other areas in the United States and a few from England and Canada. A number of the companies were located in Troy, New York, known as the collar city, as noted on the city of Troy, New York web site, www.troyny.gov.  Some of the materials document family owned and operated businesses. The materials also reflect the changing ownerships and partnerships for many of the businesses. Materials are arranged in alphabetical order by the name of the company. When the name of the company was not available the materials were organized by brand name.