Oooo. That's interesting! Vantine's has a fascinating history of its own!
Thanks, Leslie. So far I'm coming up empty on Young's in New York, though
it does seem like their might have been one in Connecticut. Will keep
digging. Thanks, y'all. I at least have some new leads! - MS

On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 9:54 AM Leslie MYRICK <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Isabel Lyon mentions in her notebook for 1907 that several white silk
> jackets were made at A. A.Vantine & Co. in NY,
>
> On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 9:46 AM Steve Courtney <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Matt, the catalogue for the 2002 Mark Twain House exhibit, "Modesty Died
> > When Clothes Were Born," quotes from a New York Herald story of February
> 5,
> > 1907, "Mark Twain Has a Suit of White for Evening Wear." The catalogue
> says
> > he had fifteen white suits. The full Herald story, and perhaps an earlier
> > one, "Mark Twain's Views, His Discourses on Clothes and Copyright at the
> > Capital" (New York Tribune, December 8, 1906, dealing with that famous
> > first appearance highlighted by Shelden) might mention a maker.
> >
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> > Subject: Who made the white suit?
> >
> > This one has so far stumped me. Is there any record of which clothier(s)
> > made Twain's white suits? I've seen several references to them as
> > "custom-made," but so far no reference to whose custom. I know he had
> > several for different seasons and occasions. Anybody know where I can
> find
> > more detail?
> >
> > - MS
> >
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