Vintage Desbecker & Co. Clothier note book

[WNYresident]

Vintage Desbecker & Co. Clothier note book

Desbecker & Co.

Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers

37 & 39 Seneca Street
Opp. Post Office

Buffalo NY



We Manufacture
Our Own Goods

We Lead in Fashions
and are known as the
Leading Clothiers
of Western New York



What I think this is a notebook for a tailor. They used chalk or wax to scribble measurements. There are a few black pages to write on.

[WNYresident]

I found this posted on ipernity.com



Desbecker-Block Tailoring Co., Buffalo, N.Y.

The front of this advertising trade card for the Desbecker-Block Tailoring Company (above left) depicts a traveling salesman (note the "Samples" case in front of him) who's the "man on the spot" (or at least the man on an oversized playing card).

The punning pants piece on the back of the card (above right) was widely circulated in newspapers and magazines as early as 1892. It often appeared under the title, "A Boy's Essay on Pants," with an explanation about an unidentified "boy in Wichita schools" who was "suspended for reading the following essay on 'pants.'" The same pants rant and illustration was also published as a postcard.

Desbecker-Block Tailoring Co., Buffalo, N.Y.

Tailors to all America. Samples. We've a man on the spot. He takes your measure--we do the rest. You'll find him at the store of J. T. Loucks, local agent, Hvoca, N.Y. (over).

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[WNYresident]

The Desbecker-Block Tailoring Co. Buffalo, N. Y. Tailors to all America. We've a man on the spot. He takes your measure - we do the rest.



https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/...alth:gf06g818q

[WNYresident]

Now this is cool

News Paper from 1898 with a Desbecker Block Tailoring Co advertisement.

I see Dr. Spinney advertised also. They could cure anything.

[buffy]

"The use of old books and documents can be hazardous to your health! I do not mean to alarm anyone with this statement, yet you should be aware of possible hazards and how to avoid them. The sources of health hazards when using papers are dust, mold, bacteria, by-products of mold and bacteria, and applied chemicals. "


http://cool.conservation-us.org/cool...9/bp09-02.html

[WNYresident]

I always wash my hands before and after handling the old stuff. You never know what is growing on the pages.