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Jewelry
Submitted by ashleyh on Fri, 11/23/2007 - 15:05.Jewelry was very popular back in the days of the 1900's. This store was located in Summerside, P.E.I. This jewelry could also be found in a store rather than in a catalogue. These rings are from a typical Holman's catalogue. The price ranges from then and today are quite different. For example, a Gold Filled Ring cost 75 cents.
Ladies' Cashmere Stockings
Submitted by ashleyh on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 15:05.
Ladies' Cashmere stockings were sold at Stanley Brothers. This store was located on P.E.I., and it was also a General Store. The particular types of stockings sold were Llama, Silk Finished and Linen Spliced. The stockings were made out of long English spun yarn. They also came in colors such as black and grey.
Holman's Shoe Department
Submitted by ashleyh on Wed, 10/31/2007 - 11:58.This is a picture of a shoe department in Summerside, PEI in 1911. On the shelves, there are boxes with shoes in them. Those shoes on the shelves are all different sizes, and the shelves go up about 20 feet in the air. If you wanted to get a size 9, the clerk got on the ladder on the side of the wall, slid across the wall and grabbed a size 9.