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Slides of runway show(s) by Basile, fall/winter 196..

Slides of runway show(s) by Basile, fall/winter 197..

This folder contains images of the original Lord and Taylor store at 47 Catherine Street, as well as reproduction of an New York City map from 1827.

This folder contains miscellaneous photographs pertaining to New York City, including the first elevated track, a skirt factory, and illustrations of neighborhoods in lower Manhattan

This sub-series contains items that were produced as a result of Edward Moir's work as a manager and president of Wool Mills. Most of it relates to Crown Woolen Mills (particularly mill appraisals), but there are some items that relate to earlier jobs he held at other mills. See also US.NNFIT.SC.217.2.4 which contains photos of Crown Woolen Mills over the years.

This folder contains a reproduction of what appears to be a Russian language fashion publication dated May, 1875.

This folder contains a photograph and copy of engraving of Lord and Taylor building at Broadway and Grand streets.

This series consists of a single folder contains miscellaneous receipts from milliners and dry goods stores in New York City. Two receipts are from Lord and Taylor.

38 hand-colored carte de visite photographs of individuals and groups wearing European national dress.

This folder contains both oversize and small nineteenth century advertisement cards.

One large bound volume with papers related to the National Association of Wool Manufacturers. A small front section is titled "Objects and Plan of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers. Its Organization, Articles of Association, and By-Laws. A List of Its Officers and Members and the Proceedings of Its Government." The majority of the book is composed of the Bulletin for the Association. In the back of the book is an index for the Bulletin. It is not known if Moir had an affiliation with this organization, or if he owned the volume as reference on earlier writings by a wool manufacturer organization.

Detailed appraisal prepared by the American Appraisal Co. September 3, 1909

Detailed appraisal prepared by the American Appraisal Co. September 3, 1909

Includes a combination summary showing Reproductive and depreciated values, and general summaries for each of the two mills (Crown Woolen Mills)

Cancelled checks in a Crown Mills envelope. Typed on outside of envelope: "Edward Moir: Old checks from one of his previous mills, in Peterborough, Ont. Canada. William Paton was his partner. Paton, Moir, & Co. and Auburn Mills are the same."

Detailed appraisal prepared by the American Appraisal Co. September 3, 1909

Detailed appraisal prepared by the American Appraisal Co. September 3, 1909

This collection is comprised of 14 original illustrations of academic robes and official robes created for Encyclopaedia Britannica 11th Edition, 1910.

Scrapbook of newspaper clippings related to the debate over the wool tariff. Most from 1909-1911

This collection consists of postcards with color lithograph fashion illustrations by Mela Koehler and Edouard Joseph Wimmer-Wisgrill on the face and Wiener Werkstätte graphics on the reverse. From a series of six designs by Koehler created on the occasion of a Wiener Werkstätte fashion show held in April 1911; cards number 518A, 519-522 and 523B. Wimmer-Wisgrill cards are numbered 865 and 868.

Scrapbook of newspaper clippings related to the debate over the wool tariff. Only about half full of clippings.

This folder contains samples of Crown Mills letterhead, tracts and pamphlets related to the wool industry, a sheet of tariff statistics, a political cartoon, a copy of document from another mill, and a list of wool mills.

Figure in yellow fur-trimmed suit and muff in park-like setting (framed). "Gift to FIT library from the estate of Robert Knox August 1973. Temps Gris;" Color: watercolor; Signed lower right, Verso: card Galerie Charpentier, Paris; Client Gazette du Bon Ton

This folder contains photographs of the exterior of the Lord and Taylor building at 5th Avenue and 39th street. Also contains photographs of the interiors of employee facilities, including the rooftop lounge, dining hall, hospital, gym,, and classrooms.

This folder contains photographs from the Lord and Taylor buildings at Broadway and 20th, as well as 20th and 5th Avenues

Correspondence mostly to and from Edward Moir, relating to government policies and the Carded Woolen Manufacturers’ Association.

Contains 61 fragile articles of correspondence from the 1890s, graduation announcement, poem-prayer book, pressed flowers, wedding invitations, 2 book marks, 2 spools of thread, 1 round silk or satin rigid ribbon, and photograph. Publications include E. Marcus Reynolds: Joy Taylor System; Teacher's College: The Domestic Art Review 1909; Boston Dress Cutting College, Directions for Harriet A Brown's Scientific Rules; Unity Union SS Library Catalogue of Books; National School Domestic Arts and Science brochure; Dormitory brochure; The Model House brochure.

This folder contains six pictures of the same man, possible a descendent of Lord and Taylor, one picture relating to the transcontinental Telephone system, as well as one framed picture of New York City Street.

Insurance summaries for mill 1 and 2 (Crown Mills)

Detailed appraisal prepared by the American Appraisal Co. July 1, 1919

Summary volume including summaries by classification, by buildings, by cost and sound volumes, and machinery depreciations (Crown Mills)

This folder contains three catalogs or promotional pieces for good offered by Le Bon Marché department store.

Detailed appraisal prepared by the American Appraisal Co. July 1, 1919

This series contains original sketches with attached examples of embellishment or embroidery.

Detailed summary showing sound values of the Crown Mills One for each of the two mills.

Two paper and wood promotional fans for the French perfume company Rosine, which was founded by couturier Paul Poiret in 1911. Printed on both sides, one side with abstract botanicals and the other side with the name of the company and a selection of perfumes. Each fan bears a red sticker with the name of a single perfume. The fan would have been scented with that perfume. The fans were part of a series promoting different fragrances. Advertisements, the perfume bottles, and associated products like perfumed cards or fans were all part of Poiret's merchandising artistry.

This is a paper and wood fan created to promote perfume created by Paul Poiret's perfume company Rosine. The front bears a brightly colored naïve landscape seen through a yellow fence created by a student in the École Martine. The rear is segmented and printed radially with the names of the Rosine perfumes. A red sticker on the back of the fan indicates that it was scented with the perfume "Le fruit défendu."

This collection consists of two matted pochoir prints:
-one depicting the torso of a woman in a pink ensemble holding a blue feather, limited edition, 19/30, 1913-1914
-one depicting two woman and one man viewing prints on paper, original 1912, print 1920

This is a paper and wood fan created to promote perfume created by Paul Poiret's perfume company Rosine. The front bears a brightly colored naïve landscape seen through an arbor tunnel created by a student in the École Martine. The rear is segmented and printed radially with the names of the Rosine perfumes. A red sticker on the back of the fan indicates that it was scented with the perfume "L'Etrange Fleur."

Correspondence mostly to and from Edward Moir, relating to government policies and the Carded Woolen Manufacturers’ Association.

This folder contains a press release about aviatrix Amy Mollison and a 8x10" black and white photograph of tennis player Helen Wills dated Aug. 17, 1921.

Correspondence mostly to and from Edward Moir, relating to government policies and the Carded Woolen Manufacturers’ Association.

This folder contains a copy of a proposed bill, a calendar for the Committee on Finance, and typed comments on testimony given by John P. Wood (President of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers).

Correspondence mostly to and from Edward Moir, relating to government policies and the Carded Woolen Manufacturers’ Association.

Correspondence mostly to and from Edward Moir, relating to government policies and the Carded Woolen Manufacturers’ Association.

Publications, blank and completed test answer sheets, and ephemera.

Elegant family at races with coach in background (framed). "Gift to FIT library from the estate of Robert Knox August 1973. Le Jour des Drags;" Color: watercolor; Signed lower right, Verso: card Galerie Charpentier, Paris; Client Gazette du Bon Ton