Hi Catriona! Did you mean to ask for the letters, or are you just being friendly? (Which is fine...)
On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 12:17 PM, monica spence <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Broom! > Monica (aka: Catriona from the Laurel list in SCA parlance). > > Monica E. Spence MA, MA, BA > Senior Lead Instructor, Fashion Department > Art Institute of New York City > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Broom > Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2010 12:05 AM > To: Historic Costuming List > Subject: [h-cost] Clothing correspondence from early 20th-Century > > Hi, back on the list after years of absence... to pass along a goodie > to someone who will put it to use. > > So, I just received this message from someone on another list: > > ********************************************** > > I'm in NYC, and a basement vault in a building I frequent is full of > clothing related correspondence from the early 1900's. I was able to > reach into the frozen door far enough to grab a hand-full of letters > and at least a few were a hoot. (I may have lost those samples) > Mainly about socks. They were insanely expensive! $50 or more in > todays money. And this guy go on for pages of florid text about why he > is not interested in whatever offer was being made, must have spent > half a day typing that. > > There's about 10 linear feet, if you or anyone wants to get those, > you're welcome. > > ********************************************** > > So, anyone interested in a bunch of early 20th-c clothing data? > > ' | Broom IAmBroom @ gmail . com > ' | cellphone: 412-389-1997 > ' | 9370 Shadduck Rd, McKean, PA 16426 > ' | "Discere et docere", which means: > '\|/ "Never mind all the political banter, I'm just glad we were able > '/|\ to catch Saddam before he could use his SS agents to fly planes > //|\\ into Pearl Harbor again." -yohan, DamnInteresting.com > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
