1939 Tipped-In Print Peter Rubens Chapeau Paille Straw Portrait Susanna XAN3 XGFC9 431 Water Street

431 Water Street

This is a small original 1899 black and white print ad for Thomson's Glove Fitting Corsets

This is an original 1945 black and white print ad for the Meissner Advanced Research and Manufacturers

the people were enslaved and made to wear indigo colored clothing to symbolize their social status

but when she arrived in Chicago

1939 Tipped-In Print Peter Rubens Chapeau Paille Straw Portrait Susanna XAN3 XGFC9 431 Water StreetThis is an original 1939 tipped in color print of Peter Ruben's Chapeau de Paille (Straw Hat), featuring a rosy cheeked woman gazing coyly from under a most unique hat. It's pretty obvious that the hat isn't really made of straw; in fact it looks like mostly feathers. However, it is thought that the name came from a mishearing of the French poil which might refer more to the hairy, fur like quality the hat possesses. The model is thought to be a woman