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Furs for Women in 1930

I bought this small group of pamphlets on fur coats some years ago.  They are all from stores in San Francisco and Oakland and all appear to have been picked up by someone planning to buy a fur coat in the winter of 1930, who was a careful shopper, looking around for the best bargain in the Bay Area.  She was likely an Oakland/Berkeley woman who had charge accounts at Capwell's and The Emporium since two of the leaflets were the kind only sent to charge customers.    

Price list from Capwell's (Oakland) capwellprices.jpg (102910 bytes) 

Capwell's Fur Sale Pamphlet capwells1.jpg (64212 bytes) capwells2.jpg (43533 bytes) 

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Fashions of the Thirties : 476 Authentic Copyright-Free Illustrations Everyday Fashions of the Thirties As Pictured in Sears Catalogs  Fingerwave wig

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details capwells3.jpg (162019 bytes) capwells4.jpg (203569 bytes)

closer details capwells6.jpg (80148 bytes) capwells7.jpg (61593 bytes) capwells8.jpg (33119 bytes) capwells9.jpg (63311 bytes) capwells10.jpg (70673 bytes)

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The Cultural Politics of Fur

Beauty in Exile: The Artists, Models, and Nobility Who Fled the Russian Revolution and Influenced the World of Fashion

 

 Emporium (San Francisco) Pamphlet: emporium1.jpg (37018 bytes)  emporium2.jpg (70426 bytes) 

inside emporium7.jpg (36377 bytes) 

details: emporium4.jpg (29697 bytes) emporium5.jpg (77805 bytes) emporium6.jpg (28131 bytes) 

separate Emporium Handout: emporium3.jpg (67622 bytes) 

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Collectible Fashions of the Turbulent 1930s Fashion Accessories: The Complete 20th Century Sourcebook

Screen Style: Fashion and Femininity in 1930s Hollywood

Robert Morris (San Francisco) Winter 1930 pamphlet  morris1.jpg (22989 bytes) morris2.jpg (69871 bytes) morris3.jpg (71526 bytes) morris4.jpg (47210 bytes) morris5.jpg (45053 bytes) morrisprices.jpg (41936 bytes) 

Morris Sale Coupon morrissalecoupon.jpg (19855 bytes)

Chanel : Her Style and Her Life

Fashion, the Twentieth Century

Schelesinger's August Fur Sale individual handouts:  schl1.jpg (34915 bytes) schl2.jpg (25141 bytes) schl3.jpg (26988 bytes) schl4.jpg (25370 bytes) schl5.jpg (25785 bytes) schl6.jpg (24598 bytes) schl7.jpg (20687 bytes) 

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