Royal Worcester Views [Royal Worcester Corset Company] SCARCE

Worcester, Massachusetts, 1918 SCARCE - NONE IN OCLC. Circa 1918. Presumed publication of the Royal Worcester Corset Company in Worcester, Massachusetts (1864-1950). Oblong format, binding is full flexible leather, containing 24 tipped-in albumen photographs, with descriptions. Includes a portrait of David H. Fanning - The President, a portrait of three workers with the fashionable hoop skirt, Officials and Directors, Private Office of the President and Treasurer, Officials and Over 1700 Employees on the Lawn adjoining the Factory, Main Stitching Room, One of the Fire Escapes, Cutting Department, Distinguished Visitors in early automobiles along the factory, One of the Finishing Rooms, One of the Sanitary Bubbling Fountains, Spacious Exits and Fireproof Double Stairway, Bon Ton Stitching Room, Lavatory, Dining Hall, Cleansing and Ironing Department, Spraying Corsets with Steam Before Ironing, Box Making Department, Visitors in Early Cars, Corset Boning Department, Engines and Switchboard, Stockroom, Shipping Department, Shipping Platform and Vehicles (being cars and horses with wagon).