Crack a Jack Tailoring (2 results)
More imagesPublished by Danforth Mills Company, Chicago 1914
- Hardcover
Seller: Langdon Manor Books, Houston, U.S.A.Langdon Manor Books
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 1,341.16
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Add to basketCondition: Very good. 16¾" x 17¾". Faux leather over boards. 32 thick-card leaves with 312 product samples. Very good: moderate wear and staining to boards; most pages with small bits of surface loss; lacking five fabric samples. This is a massive promotional for the Crack-a-Jack Brand Tailoring company. Per contemporary newspap…er mentions, the company existed as early as 1907 with the latest mention in 1920. Crack-a-Jack apparently licensed distributors throughout the midwest who peppered newspapers with advertisements such as: "Crack-a-Jack Brand Tailoring is a strictly custom made service with all the mind-consolation and body-comfort that go with clothes you get from a high priced tailor, but you don't have to pay the excessive tax." This book is filled with over 300 product samples for the company's 1914-15 Fall/Winter line. In addition to suits, it provides information on overcoats, tuxedos, collars, cuffs, belts, hats and other suit-adjacent products. The text also lays out the firm's guarantee, pricing structure and a multi-page pitch as to the firm's superiority. Opposite most pages with fabric samples are large illustrations depicting dozens of individual suit styles. One of them markets the "Mannish Ladies' O'Coat." OCLC locates no copies of this book, but does find one issued by the company in 1920.
- Hardcover
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, U.S.A.John K King Used & Rare Books
Contact seller4-star sellerDanforth Mills Co.: NY & Chicago, Fall-Winter 1918-1919. 40 "cardboard" pages, 16 of which feature mens clothing in color. 21.5x16.5", covers rubbed, worn, soiled and slightly mildewed, front cover warped, lower spine edge torn, corners and extremities fraying, text block loose, pages (maily margin area) soiled, spotted and slig…htly mildewed. Some pages are seperating. Pastedowns have tears. Book was used as a scrapbook contemporary to the time period of the catalog. Nine pages have pasted- down items, some on the pages of fabric samples (all fabric samples have been removed). There was an illustration on the front pastedown which has been roughly remove. Some of the items are: December 1919 calendar, Grand Rapids (MI), Christmas and Easter postcards, illustrations by C.H. Twelvetrees, John R. Neill and pages of Dolly Dingle. There are 31 vaious mens clothing styles on 16 pages, all nicely illustrated and quite attractive using women as accessories. "The Crack-A-Jack Brand Service is Exclusively a service in made-to-measure clothes. We have posted a standing forfeiture of $50,000.00 in cash to any man who can prove that Crack-A-Jack Brand Guaranteed Talored Garments are not tailored to each individual order." A wonderful item, the fashions are large and fabulous, the scrapbooking of it done with desirable scraps.
