And not an animal rights protester from PETA anywhere in sight.
That’s because the sale took place on this day, Sept. 22, 1917, according to an advertisement entitled “Dependable Connecticut Shops” that appeared in our fair city’s Saturday Chronicle. Not only were fur-festooned redingotes some of the items hawked in New Haven’s downtown, Orange Street-focused shopping district: A store called Bullards was offering furnishings of mahogany to fulfill your every wish.
Nearby, Mrs. Charles Wirtz was also showing her unusual collection of millinery, heralded as a “constant show of new millinery in the windows and never fails to hold the interest of passers-by.” This was, after all, the era when large, flashy women’s hats were in vogue and the newest, trendiest marketing was the window display.
To see if a novelty for the upcoming fall season, such as a “new rubberized crepe de chine raincoat,” may be for you, click on the audio above or find the episode of in iTunes or on any podcast app under “WNHH Comminty radio.”
