In need of some hats that capture boyhood's fancy? You're in luck this week, as we've just added this 1923 catalog from the Strawbridge & Clothier department store to Hagley Library's Digital Archives.
Strawbridge & Clothier was founded by Justus C. Strawbridge (1838-1911) and Isaac H. Clothier (1837-1921) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It first opened on July 1, 1868, operating out of a storefront at 8th and Market Streets in Center City Philadelphia. The partners soon found success; the store was especially popular for its unusual policy of charging one advertised price for all customers for any merchandise. This was a rare practice at the time, and one informed by Strawbridge's and Clothier's shared Quaker faith.
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