Box 1

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This folder contains the trade show booklets for the 4th and 6th ALDA shows, both held in the Hotel Commodore in New York City. Both include an introductory statement by Association President Charles Tuck. Booklet contents include manufacturer and brand names on display at the trade fair, and detailed lists of items on show including tablecloths, placemats, pillows, and other kitchen and bath linens.

Scope and Contents This folder contains two trade show catalogs for Linen Trade Shows sponsored by the Linen Trade Association; both were held at the Hotel Commodore, one in February and one in August of 1949. Booklet contents include manufacturer and brand names on display at the trade fair, and detailed lists of items on show including tablecloths, placemats, pillows, and other kitchen and bath linens. The 50th anniversary dinner was held in the Grand Ball Room of the Waldorf Astoria; listed are the names...

Scope and Contents This folder contains the Federal Trade Commission's booklet "Trade Practice Rules for the Linen Industry", published in 1941, and the official FTC transcript of the trade regulation rule proceeding regarding the "public hearing on proposed trade regulation rules in re: tablecloths (misrepresentation of size)" from Jan 1964. The contents include statements by Max Weissman (then president of the Linen Trade Association), as well as representatives from the companies Hemp and Beatley, Imperial...

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This folder contains typewritten correspondence between Max Weissman, President of the Linen Trade Association and Peter J. Garrelick, President of Linens and Domestic Buyers of America, Inc., as well as between Weissman and an LTA member H. Sadev of Frank and Sadev Decorative Linens (who at the time was Chairman of the Show Committee). There is also internal LTA correspondence between Weissman and Harry S. Radcliffe, Secretary.