Advertising card for Warner Brothers Coraline Corset

Image

Trade_Card_Corset1.jpg
Trade_Card_Corset2.jpg

Title

Advertising card for Warner Brothers Coraline Corset

Subject

Advertising cards
Business cards
Corsets -- History
Women's Clothing -- History -- 19th Century
Amherst (Mass.)

Description

Trade card distributed by H. B. Edwards & Co., an Amherst clothing store that operated in Merchants' Row from the 1880's to about 1915. The store specialized in ladies' fine underwear. The advertisement is for Warner Brothers Coraline Corsets, introduced in 1881. Coraline was a new stiffening agent that was much more flexible (and comfortable) than horn, reed, or whalebone, materials that were commonly used in corsets.

Publisher

Jones Library Special Collections

Date

Circa 1885

Rights

This digital file may be used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the digital files from the Jones Library.

Format

image/jpg

Language

English

Type

Cards

Identifier

Folder: Amherst -- Trade cards

Original Format

Advertising card

Physical Dimensions

3 x 5 in.

Citation

“Advertising card for Warner Brothers Coraline Corset,” Digital Amherst, accessed December 6, 2024, https://www.digitalamherst.org/items/show/929.