Franklin Simon & Co.

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This folder contains a scrapbook from 1935-1940 with promotional materials, business correspondence, and newspaper and magazine clippings for women's wear, men's wear, and children's wear made with Everfast Fabrics, under N. Erlanger, Blumgart & Co. (until 1936, and then as Everfast Fabrics, Inc.). There are promotions for Sunnidell prints, Butterick sewing patterns, Everfast Swedish prints, and the collection of prints designed by Elsa Schiaparelli, Jacques Heim, and Dilkusha.

Scope and Contents This folder contains a scrapbook from 1940-1942 with newspaper clippings for ready to wear from Everfast Fabrics. There are ads for women's wear, children's wear, and men's wear, with a focus on summer and beach wear, using Everfast Poplin, Erin, Dimity, Gabardine, Waffle Pique, Twill, and Flannel fabrics. Also included are promotional materials and publicity for Franklin Simon's "American Way" fashion show, Truman Bailey's "Fiesta del Sol" fashion show, and ads for Everfast fabrics designed...

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This folder contains a scrapbook from 1946-1947 with newspaper clippings for women's ready to wear and some children's wear made with Everfast Fabrics. There are designs by Claire McCardell, Ceil Chapman, and Carolyn Scnhurer in Portuguese Plaids, Chambray, and Seersucker fabrics, sold at B. Altman, Franklin Simon, Macy's, Bonwit Teller, and other department stores around the country. The scrapbook is divided into a section with cotton ads and a section with rayon ads.

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This folder contains a scrapbook from 1946-1947 with newspaper clippings for women's ready to wear and some children's wear made with Everfast Fabrics. There are designs by Claire McCardell, Ceil Chapman, and Carolyn Scnhurer in Portuguese Plaids, Chambray, and Seersucker fabrics, sold at B. Altman, Franklin Simon, Macy's, Bonwit Teller, and other department stores around the country. The scrapbook is divided into a section with cotton ads and a section with rayon ads.

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This collection holds photographs of store windows from Lord & Taylor, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bonwit Teller, Best & Co., Macy's, Franklin Simon, B. Altman & Co., and others.

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This folder contains a scrapbook from 1945 with newspaper clippings for men's wear made with Erin, Gabardine, and Challis from Everfast Fabrics. There are ads for sport shirts, ties, and robes, sold at various department stores, including Franklin Simon, Macy's, and Saks Fifth Avenue.

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This folder contains a scrapbook from 1947-1949 with newspaper clippings for women's, men's, and children's ready to wear made with Everfast Fabrics. There are designs from Joyce Hubrite, Cole of California, Jolyn Juniors, Kate Greenaway, and Carolyn Schnurer, sold at a variety of depertment stores, including Best & Co., Franklin Simon, and B. Altman.

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This folder contains a scrapbook from 1947-1949 with newspaper clippings for women's, men's, and children's ready to wear made with Everfast Fabrics. There are designs from Joyce Hubrite, Cole of California, Jolyn Juniors, Kate Greenaway, and Carolyn Schnurer, sold at a variety of depertment stores, including Best & Co., Franklin Simon, and B. Altman.

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This folder contains a scrapbook from 1945 with newspaper clippings for women's wear and children's wear made with Everfast Fabrics. There are fashions designed by Emily Wilkens and ads from stores around the country, including Gimbel's, Bonwit Teller, Arnold Constable, Franklin Simon, and B. Altman.

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This folder contains a scrapbook from 1937-1938 with newspaper clippings for women's wear made with Everfast Fabrics. There are ads for Swedish-inspired prints, Guatemalen-inspired prints, Bali-inspired prints by Miguel Covarrubias, and prints designed by Elsa Schiaparelli, all primarily used for spring and summer fashions. There are also articles about current trends in cotton and about Jacques Heim's trip to the U.S. to work with Everfast.