Author: Sherman Trowbridge

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-08

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9780260574763

Excerpt from Some Aspects of the Women's Apparel Industry The growth of the women's Apparel Industry from the introduction of the sewing machine in 1845 to the present day has been a matter of progressive displacement of garment making in the home or by seamstresses, and normal expansion due to the growth in population and purchasing power in the United States. The contract system originated some time during the twenty - year period from 1859 to 1879, when a few independent outside shops of various types were organized. By 1882 the system was a recognized, established part of the Industry. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.