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L.S. Ayres and Company

 Organization

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Drapery, 1946-1947, 1946-1947

 folder
Identifier: SC.411.1.121
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a scrapbook from 1946-1947 with photographs, promotional materials, and magazine and newspaper clippings for drapery fabrics from Everfast. There are photographs of window displays at B. Altman, Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co., Rich's, Shillito's, and L.S. Ayres. There are also ads for Everfast Decorator Chintz sold at B. Altman.

Dates: 1946-1947

Everfast at L.S. Ayres & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind., 1944-1945

 folder
Identifier: SC.411.1.75
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a scrapbook from 1944-1945 with a label, photographs of displays, and newspaper clippings for Everfast Fabrics sold at L.S. Ayres & Company, Inc. There are ads for Waffle Pique, Gingham, and Mexican-inspired prints.

Dates: 1944-1945

Marilyn Van Derber, Miss America, 1958, 1958

 folder
Identifier: SC.411.1.188
Scope and Contents This folder contains a scrapbook from 1958 with newspaper and magazine clippings, promotional materials, photographs, and fabric swatches for the 1958 Miss America promotional tour with Marilyn Van Derber. Miss America's promotional tours were a collaboration between Miss America, Everfast Fabrics, Everglaze, and McCall's Patterns. In 1958, the tour visited The May Co., L.S. Ayres, Marshall Field, Wanamaker's, Eaton's, F & R Lazarus, Hudson's, The Dayton Co., and Frederick & Nelson....
Dates: 1958

Miss America, 1954, 1954

 folder
Identifier: SC.411.1.169
Scope and Contents This folder contains a scrapbook from 1954 with newspaper and magazine clippings, promotional materials, photographs, and fabric swatches for the 1954 Miss America promotional tour with Evelyn Ay. Miss America's promotional tours were a collaboration between Miss America, Everfast Fabrics, Everglaze, and McCall's Patterns. In 1954, the tour visited Burdine's, Frederick & Nelson, Bullock's, Capwell's, Meier & Frank, L.S. Ayres, and The Dayton Co. There are photographs at the...
Dates: 1954

Miss America, 1955, 1955

 folder
Identifier: SC.411.1.174
Scope and Contents This folder contains a scrapbook from 1955 with newspaper and magazine clippings, promotional materials, photographs, and fabric swatches for the 1955 Miss America promotional tour with Lee Ann Merriwether. Miss America's promotional tours were a collaboration between Miss America, Everfast Fabrics, Everglaze, and McCall's Patterns. In 1955, the tour visited Rich's, The Dayton Company, L.S. Ayres, Gimbel's, Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney, Frederick & Nelson, and Eaton's. There are...
Dates: 1955