[WORCESTER CORSET CO.]

"Queen Bess" Corset and Skirt Supporter.; This is by Far the Best Corset and Skirt Supporter ever made and is Warrented in Every Particular. Pat. June 12th, 1877 & Aug 31st, 1880, Name Registered as a Trade Mark Julu 24th, 1877

Worcester, Mass. Worcester Corset Co., 1880. Print no binding. 8 6/8” x 4 3/8”; one sheet; chromolithographed advertisement for the corset; text on verso; light finger spotting; near fine. In 2 WorldCat libraries. Near fine. Item #577

Text begins, “To the Ladies!”, and is advertised for Sale by Alvan Hussey, Damariscotta, Me. Alvan Hussey was a store in the mid-coast of Maine, established in 1845. (from an ad in the New Rutherford Cookbook, South Bristol, Me, 1916).

Price: $150.00