Worcester Umbrella Company advertisement

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Title

Worcester Umbrella Company advertisement

Subject

Advertising--Umbrellas; Women in advertising;

Description

An advertisement for the Worcester Umbrella Company published in the June, 1902 Worcester Magazine. The advertisement has a woman in a long, flowing dress carrying an umbrella. A heart with the company name is pressed against her chest. The advertisement proclaims that one should buy their umbrellas because they are not made in sweat shops but are made "in the cleanest and most up-to-date factory in the United States" and "by the most intelligent help of any factory in the business." The Worcester Umbrella Company was located at 44 Vine Street in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Creator

Worcester Umbrella Company

Source

Image from page lxviii of the Worcester Magazine, June, 1902 (Vol. III No. 6). Published by the Worcester Board of Trade.

Publisher

Date

1902-06

Relation

In the collections of the Worcester Public Library, Worcester, Mass. http://www.worcpublib.org/

Format

image/jpg

Language

en-US

Type

Image; Text

Identifier

WMBT-1902-06-XVIII

Files

Citation

Worcester Umbrella Company, “Worcester Umbrella Company advertisement,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 23, 2013, http://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/1582.

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