Holiday Suggestions—Special, Nov. 20th to Dec. 22nd, 1917 [trade catalogue]
B. Altman’s was a leading New York department store for 135 years, occupying an entire block on Fifth Avenue between Thirty-Third and Thirty-Fourth Streets. The company issued this holiday catalogue in November of 1917 to suggest gifts ranging from fur-trimmed winter coats to accessories and electrical gadgets.
Artwork Details
- Title: Holiday Suggestions—Special, Nov. 20th to Dec. 22nd, 1917 [trade catalogue]
- Author: B. Altman & Co. (American, New York, 1865–1990)
- Published in: New York
- Date: November 20–December 22, 1917
- Medium: Illustrations: color lithographs and photomechanical process
- Dimensions: 9 5/8 × 7 7/8 in. (24.5 × 20 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: Gift of A. Chapin Rogers, 1951
- Object Number: 51.612.1
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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