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(CANADIANA/FURS). Price List 1907 Bishop Fur Coats and Robes. Sandwich Ontario Canada.
(Windsor: Printed by Record Printing Co., 1907). Tall 12mo. (14.5 x 8.5cm), orig. printed wrappers, (20)pp. With three illustrations, two inside and one on the rear wrapper. This is clearly a copy used by a salesman or a wholesale distributer of some sort, as prices have been written in fountain pen where they were lacking and price changes/discount are also supplied in the margins. A touch of rubbing o/w a near fine copy of a scarce publication from the Canadian factory of J.H. Bishop Co. No copies were located in Voila, nor were any other publications from this company.
In 1874, J.H. Best founded a tannery on the shores of the Detroit River in Wyandotte, Michigan. The company imported raw skins from around the world and turned out finished coats, robes and rugs. Fur coats were made from the pelts of sheep, goats, bears, buffaloes, wolves, beavers or raccoons. They also produced cloth coats with fur linings of marmot, muskrat, mink, marten, sable and dog. The J. H. Bishop Co. had ambitions to market and sell throughout the United States and Canada. To this end, the company retained 10 travelling salesmen. It also established offices in New York, Boston, Chicago and Seattle, as well as a small factory in Sandwich, Ontario. In 1914, the war in Europe caused a worldwide disruption in supply and demand. Faced with a loss of markets, the decision was made to end operations.
This price list was produced by the factory in Sandwich, Ontario, presumably to service the Canadian market. The booklet contains general information on leather and furs as well as the proper way to care for fur and leather coats.
$225
(CANADIANA/FURS). Price List 1907 Bishop Fur Coats and Robes. Sandwich Ontario Canada. (Windsor: Printed by Record Printing Co., 1907). Tall 12mo. (14.5 x 8.5cm), orig. printed wrappers, (20)pp. With three illustrations, two inside and one on the rear wrapper. This is clearly a copy used by a salesman or a wholesale distributer of some sort, as prices have been written in fountain pen where they were lacking and price changes/discount are also supplied in the margins. A touch of rubbing o/w a near fine copy of a scarce publication from the Canadian factory of J.H. Bishop Co. No copies were located in Voila, nor were any other publications from this company.
In 1874, J.H. Best founded a tannery on the shores of the Detroit River in Wyandotte, Michigan. The company imported raw skins from around the world and turned out finished coats, robes and rugs. Fur coats were made from the pelts of sheep, goats, bears, buffaloes, wolves, beavers or raccoons. They also produced cloth coats with fur linings of marmot, muskrat, mink, marten, sable and dog. The J. H. Bishop Co. had ambitions to market and sell throughout the United States and Canada. To this end, the company retained 10 travelling salesmen. It also established offices in New York, Boston, Chicago and Seattle, as well as a small factory in Sandwich, Ontario. In 1914, the war in Europe caused a worldwide disruption in supply and demand. Faced with a loss of markets, the decision was made to end operations.
This price list was produced by the factory in Sandwich, Ontario, presumably to service the Canadian market. The booklet contains general information on leather and furs as well as the proper way to care for fur and leather coats.
$225
