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page 50 -- Otto Wettstein, Nicoll the Tailor, J.H. Johnston, Freeman One Price Clothier, The Double Thread Sewing Company

updated 29 September 2018
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A jewelry store and a good deal more, Otto Wettstein's establishment was known throughout the Midwest and Northeast, at least. Here's a contemporary description from Google Books:

Thanks to the David Rumsey Map Collection and Cartography Associates, we have a good idea of how Otto Wettstein's store and residence appeared:



The New Encyclopedia of Unbelief per Google, gives us a glimpse of this unusually controversial proprietor:


...And here's the reputation OttoWettstein earned (Google Books) among his contemporaries as a result of both his jewelry skills and his opinions:





For information on Nicoll the Tailor, see page 63 of the Earl J. Arnold Advertising Card Collection.


Sample print ad from Google Books:






The card above was trimmed, but one can still get the general meaning of the advertiser's pitch on the back of this card:

 
 There's another trade card, but no further information on Freeman's on page 106 of the Earl J. Arnold Advertising Card Collection, as well as on page 56.



A ringing endorsement for Double Thread Sewing from Putnam House Clothing appeared in this Google Books reference:


From the Library of Congress:
  • Title: All goods sewed by the Double Thread Sewing Co's. patent process must bear their stamp / J.H. Bufford's Sons, lith., Boston.
  • Creator(s): John H. Bufford's Sons, lithographer
  • Date Created/Published: Boston : Double Thread Sewing Co., c1877.
  • Medium: 1 print : lithograph.
  • Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-pga-04524 (digital file from original item) LC-USZ62-100351 (b&w film copy neg.)
  • Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
  • Call Number: PGA - Bufford--All goods sewed (B size) [P&P]
  • Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print


Shadows on Summer Street
Google Street View, Sept 2014
(Double Thread Sewing Co. offices were located nearby at 105 Summer St.)


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