Rare 1914 Charles Broadway Rouss Catalog Jewelry Clothes Bikes Houseware 4 Props

Description

Scarc
e, May 1914 Catalog of Department Store Products -
Charles Broadway Rouss
for Merchants Monthly Catalog
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This catalog is NOT a RE PRINT - it is what your great grandfathers & great grandmothers store owners used to shop with. It could be found in the backrooms of general store, clothing store and where ever businesses used them to order stock.
418 pages thick
of pretty much anything you ever needed for your store or other business.
Original 1914 Retailers Wholesale Catalog from New York Retailing legend, Charles Broadway Rouss. Rouss was located at 549-555 Broadway in New York City, and the building is still there today.  Rouss liked the name Broadway so much that he changed his name to reflect this.
This Catalog contains 418 pages of retail goods including clothing, Children's costumes, Swan Wear, Fraternal Pennants, Furniture, Oriental Rugs, tools, toys, guns, sewing machines, sporting goods, knives, dishes, cooking wear, Gardening tools, Jewelry, Watches, Bicycles, Glasses, Dishes, home Decor, clocks, cut glass items, silver products, books, gum, tobacco items ( pipes ,etc), packaged goods, pipes, soap, sundries, parasols, notions, ribbon, oriental design rugs, linens, furniture, lighting, crockery, fishing tackle, auto supplies, tires, sporting goods, sewing machines, cookware ... you name it, he sold it.
Not in perfect condition by any means, paper cover shows wear and has tears.  As you can see from the photos, the interior is mostly near mint.
Measures about 9.5" x 12"
Catalog has been used.
What a great resource of old products for period Movie and Television Shows Props and Costuming!
This is a great piece of New York retail memorabilia.
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