June 27, 2026
Tag: Albert Best
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Best and Company – the story of an American Department Store
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Need a new dress for a special occasion? Mail-order one from Best and Company. Yes, it was that easy to shop when you were a customer of Albert Best’s department store. His advertising postcards alerted his clientele to the “Smart new additions to the famous American Golfer line of ladies dresses that fit beautifully into…
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April 26, 2026 2 Comments
Images are interesting, but assembling a collection of related images can facilitate research that unearths a story, in this case one about an individual. I’ve been able to acquire several unusual images of this Native American wrestler. Some had captions, others depicted the individual in various poses. The subject was John “Jumbo” Middlesky (also noted […]