Schumaker (Battle Creek, Michigan)
n.d.
Corset sales ladies

Cabinet card
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Photographs: Cabinet Cards & some Civil War, 29 October 2016, Lot 451
 
They travel to women's homes with samples in a box. Or they work in a store, and illustrate this activity in the studio. The woman who tries on a corset over her dress may be a customer, or she may be demonstrating a sample.
 
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