Holyoke, Mass

Rice & Claflin, The Waist Store

by Laurel | December 10th, 2011

Christmas shopping ad, December 1914, for Christmas offers from the Waist Store, Rice and Claflin. Special Christmas price for a CrÃªpe de Chine Waist, only $1.95. Located opposite City Hall in Holyoke!

Rice & Claflin, the Waist Store, Holyoke, MA, Dec 1914 advertisement

Source: The Springfield Republican.

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