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Editore: Goose Lane, Fredericton, 2012
ISBN 10: 0864926413ISBN 13: 9780864926418
Da: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, Canada
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Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good ++. Colour and B/W Photographs (illustratore). In 1911 Charles A. Graham, Alexander C. Rutherford, and Alfred E. Jackson put their ideas and resources together and established a garment manufacturing business. The place was Edmonton, Alberta and the target market was the working women and men who were building the West. LEARN more about : Cowboy King brand, Doug Stephens, Commonwealth Printing, ironing, twill, Snobak, pre-shrunk, Scrubbies, and minimim wage. These 214 pages - INDEX at the back - are about the Great Western Garment Company. The rivet image on the cover is de-bossed, feels like it did on your blue jeans. About 60% of the images are in colour. Lots of vintage advertisements reproduced. Cond : Paper wrapper is blue - a close-up of a piece of denim.Red and yellow lettering. Tight in binding. No tears. No names nor marks. Minor edge wear. Clean. Almost giftable ! QUote (p. 179) : " The workforce in the Edmonton plant was predominantly Asian. The union tried to accomodate recent immigrants by holding meetings in English and Chinese. However, many immigrant women were reluctant to get involved in the union for various reasons; women who had been raised in cultural traditions that ._._._. . " Size: 8vo.
Editore: Prairie Costume Society, Edmonton, AB
ISBN 10: 0969453906ISBN 13: 9780969453901
Da: Spafford Books (ABAC / ILAB), Regina, SK, Canada
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[0-9694539-0-6] 1990. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 113+. 8vo. Created from a seminar that was held May 17, 1987, at the Beaver House Gallery in Edmonton, Alberta. The lower, outside corner of the rear cover and the last six pages are lightly bumped; else is clean, crisp, bright and tight. The text is complemented by black and white photographs, drawings, as well as the images of Norwegian clothing and textiles.
Editore: Prairie Costume Society, Edmonton, 1990
Da: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, Canada
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Soft cover. Condizione: As New. B/W Photographs (illustratore). First Edition. 113 pages: includes Suggested Readings list. B/W photographs complement text. Firsts section has many photos of immigrants. LEARN more about : Valhalla Centre, Heather Prince, homespun, embroidery, Hardanger District, mittens, stockings, solje, Hythe, Farvolden Collection, Malene Agjeld, and Christine Brandsater. Cond : Paper wrapper is blue with white lettering. Front cover graphic is of corner floral decorations. Volume is tight, bright, clean and square. No names, no marks. Quote (p. 32) : " One immigrant described the situation in 1853: ` A newcomer can immediately be detected by his garb, and since newcomers are regarded with very little esteem, all of them proceed to buy ._._._. ." Size: 8vo.