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- Larkin Company Catalog, "Stylish Wearing Apparel Given as Premiums with the Larkin Products," Spring/Summer 1908 - John D. Larkin established a soap manufacturing company in 1875. He hired his brother-in-law, Elbert Hubbard, as a salesman. Hubbard developed "The Larkin Idea," a plan that sold goods directly to consumers through mail-order catalogs and offered incentivizing giveaways. It was a success. By the early 1900s, Larkin's catalogs contained pages of products and even more pages of premiums from which customers could choose.
- 1908
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Larkin Company Catalog, "Stylish Wearing Apparel Given as Premiums with the Larkin Products," Spring/Summer 1908
John D. Larkin established a soap manufacturing company in 1875. He hired his brother-in-law, Elbert Hubbard, as a salesman. Hubbard developed "The Larkin Idea," a plan that sold goods directly to consumers through mail-order catalogs and offered incentivizing giveaways. It was a success. By the early 1900s, Larkin's catalogs contained pages of products and even more pages of premiums from which customers could choose.
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- 1760-1780
- Collections - Artifact
Quilted Petticoat, 1760-1780
- Petticoat, 1875-1885 -
- 1875-1885
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Petticoat, 1875-1885
- Quilted Petticoat, 1845-1895 -
- 1845-1895
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Quilted Petticoat, 1845-1895
- Quilted Petticoat, 1850-1875 -
- 1850-1875
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Quilted Petticoat, 1850-1875
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- January 01, 1954
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- Quilted Petticoat, 1750-1775 -
- 1750-1775
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- Dress, 1750-1780 -
- 1750-1780
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