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1910 · 50389 — Baltimore MD: Federal Tailoring Co. Baltimore & Carey Streets ca. 1910. Tall 8vo. 6 x 11 in. 30 pp unpaginated on thick cream-coloured stock w/ 47 tipped-in worsted serge wool blend and felt samples all w/ printed black borders & stock numbers. Black embossed cloth gilt lettering on front cover lettering in blind on back cover blind-stamped ruling bound in accordion-style flexible binding w/ each leaf mounted on hinge occasional minor loss and slight insect predation to a few samples still a VG bright copy. First edition of this scarce Edwardian salesman sample catalogue for men’s suits trousers and wool winter jackets. Federal Tailoring Co. was a consortium of several Jewish-American tailoring wholesalers located across from the Drovers & Mechanics National Bank in Baltimore. The woolen samples contained within this catalogue were patterns intended for suits suits & trousers and winter coats of the Baltimore working class at the beginning of the 20th century with heavier weaves courser wool blends and more neutral colour palate focusing on dark blues tans browns some grays. No copies located in Worldcat. Federal Tailoring Co., Baltimore & Carey Streets, hardcover