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Jimmie's $3.00 pants advertisement
Norton Directory Company1894/1894
Chicago History Museum
Chicago, Illinois, United States
As mass clothing production skyrocketed in Chicago following the Great Fire of 1871, manufacturers on Chicago's Near West Side employed immigrants who worked for long hours at low wages. This advertisement illustrates the kind of pants made and sold in Chicago.
Details
- Title: Jimmie's $3.00 pants advertisement
- Creator: Norton Directory Company
- Date: 1894/1894
- Location: Chicago
- To see more : Clothing and Garment Manufacturing
- To see more: Labor Law
- Medium: publication
- Credit: Chicago History Museum, ICHi-74359; Norton Directory Company, publisher
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