The Earl J. Arnold Advertising Card Collection 1885

updated 23 September 2018 <PREVIOUS PAGE       ~  index  ~        NEXT PAGE> George C. Batcheller & Co., manufacturer Bridgeport CT and Newark NJ reverse of card above from Digital Commonwealth New to the Collection in December, 2017: The Corset and Underwear Review v.18 p.127 Ja 1922 via Google Books Title The Corset and Underwear Review, Volume 18 Publisher Haire Publishing Company, 1921 Original from the New York Public Library Digitized Oct 2, 2012 In the Columbia University Library collection , a bill contains a sketch of the factory in Bridgeport CT: Sometime shortly before his death in 1915, George C. Batcheller used some of the profits from his corset business to buy the Betsy Ross House--or what was supposed to be the Ross House--and give it to a preservation society in Philadelphia. YouTube offers us a tour: " Virtual tour of the Betsy Ross home in ...