John Johnson Collection: pre-1960 ephemera
Men’s Clothes
Index created by SJS 09/93, revised 2009
This section has been catalogued and digitised (with the exception of items in copyright).
Catalogue records (only) can be found on the John Johnson Collection online catalogue
Records and images are on The John Johnson Collection: an archive of printed ephemera
(JISC-funded project, partnered by ProQuest).
Box 1
Tailors &c (alphabetical order)
Single Sheets
Abrahams (n.d) 63 Hackney Road,London
Albert, J (1834) King William St, London Bridge
Albion House Clothing Co (n.d) Aldgate &c – no items
Allins (n.d) Congreve Street, Birmingham
Art Needlework Emporium (1894) South Wimbledon
Baker & Co, Charles (1894-6, n.d) High Holborn
Barry & Co, S.A (1930’s) 26 City Road EC1
Benjamin, N (n.d) 78 Westminster Bridge Road
Bennett, B (n.d) 116 Balcombe St, Regent's Park – no items
Berdoe, Joseph (n.d) 70 Coswell Road – no items
Berdoe, Walter (n.d) 96 New Bond Street
Billings and Edmonds (n.d) 4 Princes Street, Hanover Sq.
Blundell Bros (1935) 7 Broad Street Station, EC2
Bon Marche Ltd (1894) Brixton and Liverpool
Bontnor & Co, Edward (1904) 114 & 116 Hampstead Road, NW
Bourn & Taunt Ltd (n.d) 33 Aldgate High Street, E1
Bradburys (n.d.) 3, Regent Street, Cheltenham
Brays Ltd (n.d) Malvern
Burberrys Ltd (1901, 1956) Haymarket, London
Buxton, S W H (n.d) 16 Earl St, Cambridge
Capital & Labour Clothing (n.d.) 376, 376a, 378 & 380 Holloway Road, London
Castle, W H (n.d) 8 Whitehall Parade
Cheviot & Co, Serge (n.d) Woodhouse
City & West End Shirt & Collar Dressing Co (n.d) 3 Queens Road, Wimbledon
Cloth & Button Co (n.d) Mayfair
Cording, J C (1860) 231 The Strand
Cording & co, J C (1870) 19 Piccadilly
Doland, George (n.d) 143,5 Victoria St, SW1
Dresswell & Co (n.d) High Street, Fossetown
1
Ede & Ravenscroft Ltd (n.d) 93-4 Chancery Lane, WC2
Edmiston & Son (1851) 69 & 416 The Strand
Elkins Bros (n.d) 131 Broadway, Mill Hill NW7
Ellis, E F (n.d) 37-7 Friar Street, Reading
Fergusson & Crawford (1910) 111 Union Street, Glasgow
Fifty Shilling Tailors (n.d) 117 High St, Staines
Ford, Richard (1852) 38 Poultry Lane, London
Franklin & Co, B (n.d) 24 Kings Road, Chelsea
Gamages (n.d) Holborn, London EC1
Gardiner & Co (n.d) 159-66 Upper ST, Islington
Gaul & Denman Ltd (n.d) 52 Park Lane, W1
Globe Clothing Trust (n.d) 18 & 20 Oxford Street, W1
Greenburg, C (n.d) 5 White Lion Street
Grove (1851) 114-5 Edgeware Road, London
Gulland & Kennedy (n.d) 55 Hanover St, Edinburgh
Hanna & Co, (n.d) Lurgan, Ireland
Harris (n.d) 136 & 145 High St, Whitechapel
Harris, Sam L (1879) 4 New Bond St Buildings, London
Harrods (n.d) Knighsbridge – no items
Henderson, O (1862) 113 High St, Woolwich
Hepworths (1895) 32 High Street, Swansea
Hepworth & Son, J (1897) 37 North St, Brighton
Heydon, John (n.d) 3 York St, Covent Garden
Hodges & Co (1895) 1 Bishopsgate St, EC
Holloway & Son, S J (1874) 1 Sloane St, Knightsbridge
Hope Brothers (1892-4) Market St, Manchester
Houghton & Son, G (1899) Quadrant, New Street
How, Charlie (1897, n.d) 1 The Broadway, Wimbledon/ Sampson & Co. 1899
Hurricane Smock Co.Ltd (n.d) The Albany, Old Hall St, Liverpool
Inge, Edwin (1892-4) 786 Holloway Road, N7
International Fur Store (n.d) 63 & 198 Regent's St, London
Jackson, Magnus (n.d) 229 Piccadilly
Jays Ltd (1931) Regent's Street, London – no items
Kent, George (n.d)
Knowlman Bros Ltd (1896) Upper Holloway, N7
Lawrence, E (n.d) 184 Lambeth Walk
Lewis's (1888) Ranelagh Street, Liverpool
Lockwood & Bradley (n.d.) 228 Old Street, EC
Luton & Brand (n.d) 487 New Cross Street, SE
Lynes & Son, A (1875, n.d.) Holywell Lane, Shoreditch
Lynes, Charles (n.d) Shoreditch
Lyons (n.d) 3 Oxford Street, London
Mackenzie, P D (n.d) 82 High Street, Merton
Marsh, F (1880, n.d.) 163 King Street, Yarmouth
May & Sons Ltd, Joseph (n.d) Whitehall Road, Leeds
2
Box 2
Tailors &c (alphabetical order) continued
Single Sheets continued
McGee & Co, John (n.d) High Street, Belfast
McMillan, George (n.d) 11 Fleet Street, Torquay
Mey & Edlich (1880) 116 Newgate Street, EC
Miller, Frederick (1900)
Moore & Co, William (n.d) Aldersgate Street, EC
Moses & Son, E (1845, 1851, 1863, 1948) 154 Minories
Moss's Monster Clothing Hall (n.d)
Munro & Co Ltd (n.d) Edinburgh
Newman & Son (1918) 15 Brownlow St, Holborn WC
New Murree Club Co.Ltd (1891)
Nicoll, Messers (n.d) 114-8 Regent's Street, W1
Nicoll & Co.Ltd, H J (n.d) 120 Regent's Street, W1
Noble, John (n.d) The Warehouse, Manchester
Nobles, Mr (n.d) London
Palmer, F (n.d) 111 & 113 High Street, Ashford
Pease & Co, Henry (1883 & 86) The Mills, Darlington
Pedens (n.d) 39 Crown Street, Finsbury Sq
Pickwick (n.d) 234 High Holborn, WC
Poulson & Co, (1851) 94 Regent's Street, London
Prew, B (n.d) 36-7 Aldgate High Street,
Price & Co (n.d) 7 Villiers St, York Buildings, The Strand
Robinson & Cleaver (1900, n.d.) 164,6 & 70 Regent Street, W1 / New Premises – 101
Cheapside, EC. Opposite Bow Church
Rodgers, J (1832) 5 City Road
Roamnis (1784, 1827, n.d.) 33 Cheapside
Roussel, J (n.d) 177 Regent Street, W1
Rout's (1849)
Rutherford, Thomas (1887) 218 High street
Sampson & Co (1888) 268 & 270 Oxford Street
Samuel Brothers (1851,79,89) Ludgate Hill
Samuel, M (n.d) 40 King William St, London Bridge
Scruton & Son, T (1887) 63-5 New St, Birmingham
Skinner (1851) Knightsbridge
Smith, J C (1901) 91 Lothiam Road, Edinburgh
Smyth, A J (1899) 137 High St, King's Heath
South Suburban Co-Operative Society Ltd (1936) Croydon
Squires (n.d) High Wycombe
Stroud, W (n.d) 3 High Street, Notting Hill
Struthers & Co (1886) 83 Finsbury Pavement
Sunderland, C H (1906) 18 North John St, Liverpool
Tacon, J W (n.d) 277 High Holborn
Teed & Co, George (n.d) 5,7,9 Spring Gardens Manchester
3
Teleion Collar Co. (n.d) 15 Addle Street, EC
Thomas, Frederick (n.d) 12 Great Brunswick Street
Thornton & Co. (n.d) 78 Princes Street, Edinburgh
Thresher & Glenny Ltd (1931) 152-3 The Strand, WC2
Tobias Brothers (1895) 8 Oxford Street, W1
Turnbull & Asser (n.d) Jermyn Street
Vanheems & Wheeler (n.d) 47 Berners Street, W
Wallace, Bailey & Wilkins (n.d) 176 Long Lane, Bermondsey SE
Walton, Issac & Co (n.d) 442 & 444 Holloway Road , N7
Ward, J B (1902) 86-8 Queens Road, Hastings
Watts & Co, Fred (1895) 136 Tottenham Court Road
West End Clothiers Co.Ltd (1895, 1897, n.d.) 80-1 The Strand
Wheatstone Brothers (n.d) 1-2 Lower Church Street, H'ford
Wilhelms, Kronzniski (n.d) 14-5 Poultry
Williams & Crook (1871) 5 Lord Street, Liverpool
Wilson & Jespers' (1896) Penrith
Winterbourn & Co. (n.d) 78 Fleet Street
Withinson (n.d) 88-91 Market Street, B'ham
Wolsey Ltd (n.d) King Street, Leicester see also Knowlman Bros. n.d.
Wynne, Thomas D (1892) 21 The Broadway, Crouch End, N
Box 3
Tailors &c (alphabetical order)
Small folder items
Achilles Serre Ltd (n.d) Hackney Wick E9
Baker & Co, Charles (1887) High Holborn
Bardleys (n.d) 6 North John St, Liverpool
Bedford Riding Breeches (n.d) Marble Arch
Bennet, H Graham (n.d) 2 Sise Lane, EC4
Boltons Ltd (1935,8) 177 Piccadilly, W1 (Aertex)
Bon Marche Ltd (n.d.) Brixton and Liverpool
Bradbury Ltd, Keith (n.d) 137,9 & 41 Regent's Street, W1
Brockhill, C (1900) 22 North John St, Liverpool
Burberrys Ltd (1903, 1933, n.d.) Haymarket, London
Cornhill Merchant Tailors Co.Ltd (n.d) 59-60 Cornhill, London
Cowell & Co, Wyatt (1899) Northampton
Croft, Percy (1938) 80 High Street, Staines
Dore & Son (1892, 1895, 1902, 1906) 25 Conduit Street, W1
Doland, George (n.d.) 143/145 Victoria Street, SW1
Ellis, J & H (n.d) 200-2 The Strand, WC2
Everett & Sons (n.d) 2 High Street, Colchester
Fords (n.d) 51 Lord Street, Liverpool
Foster Bros Clothing Co.Ltd (n.d) 27 & 29 High Street, SW15
4
Gamages (n.d) Holborn, London EC1
Gardiner & Co (n.d) 159-66 Upper ST, Islington
Box 4
Tailors &c (alphabetical order) continued
Small folder items continued
Gardiner & Co (n.d) 159-66 Upper St, Islington
Globe Clothing Trust (1901) 18 & 20 Oxford Street, W1
Hurricane Smock Co.Ltd (n.d) The Albany, Old Hall St, Liverpool
Hobson (1926?)
Holding & Son (n.d) 7 Maddox St, Oxford Circus
Hyam & Co, L (1850) 86 Oxford St, London
Hyam, Samuel (n.d) 23, New Street, Birmingham
Hyman, Aubrey (n.d) 79 High St Borough SE
Joseph & Co, B (n.d) 60 Grey St, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Lewis's (1890/93?) Ranelagh Street, Liverpool
Lockwood & Bradley (1912, n.d.) 228 Old Street, EC
Lynes & Son, A (1870, 1873, 1876?) Holywell Lane, Shoreditch
Morford & Goodman Ltd (1938, 1939) High Street, Staines - see also Simpson
Morgan & Ball (n.d) 181-2 The Strand, WC2
Moses & Son, E (1830, 1848, 1852, 1854, n.d.) 154 Minories
Nicoll & Co.Ltd, H J (n.d) 120 Regent's Street, W1
Prickard, Watson (n.d) 16 North John Street, Liverpool
Pringle of Scotland Ltd (1974)
Rego (n.d) London and district
Robb Bros. Ltd (n.d) Charing Cross, Birkenhead
Robinson, Peter (n.d) Oxford Street
Roussel, J (1935, n.d) 177 Regent Street, W1
Smith & Co, John (n.d) Edinburgh
Sparling, L
Box 5
Tailors &c (alphabetical order) continued
Small folder items continued
Sunderland, C H (1921-22) 18 North John St, Liverpool
Swan & Edgar (1937) Regent street, W1
Vanheems & Wheeler (n.d) 47 Berners Street, W
Ward Ltd, Erton (n.d) 17 Hanover Square
Wolsey Ltd (n.d) King Street, Leicester
5
Wynne, Thomas D (1904) 21 The Broadway, Crouch End, N
Miscellaneous Illustrations of menswear (11) - (16)
Single Sheets
Alphabetical by title
Foreign (17)-(20)
Single Sheets
Alphabetical by title
Famous Shops and Firms
Single Sheets
Doudney
Doudney Brothers (1843, 1845, 1846)
Doudney & Sons, E P (1836, 1838, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1845, 1846)
Horne Brothers (1936)
Lord and Taylor
Moss Bros
Reed, Austin:
Letters by date (1929, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1971, 1974)
Box 6
Famous Shops and Firms continued
Reed, Austin:
Pamphlets (1937, 1937-8, 1971, 1974)
Simpson of Piccadilly
Burton
Horne Brothers
Kynoch of Keith
Box 7
Famous Shops and Firms continued
Moss Bros.
Small books/pamphlets – All at Sea
Right Dress
Untitled
Large pamphlets - Advice to a Nephew in Arms x 2
Behind the Scenes at Moss Bros.
It’s all settled
Powe, Hector
Reed, Austin
A-I
6
Box 8
Famous Shops and Firms continued
Reed, Austin
Y – untitled
Simpson of Picadilly
Clothing Ration Books 1942-4
Small Folder
Miscellaneous Paper Patterns
Small Folder
Muirhead’s Paper Patterns
Specific makes of Clothing (advertisements)
Single Sheets
Meridian Linsply
Theta
‘‘Wimbelldons’’
Small folder
Aertex see also Boltons Ltd
Linen Mesh Underwear : Airlin (Registered), Meshlin(registered)
Coopers Y-front Underwear see Elkins Bros.
A Mere Man’s Soliloquy on Men’s Underwear: A Soliloquy on ‘Celanese’
Men’s Chilprufe Underwear
Dunlop see Gamages
‘Pexwear’
‘Tenova’(registered) self supporting socks see Brays (Malvern) Ltd.
Miscellaneous
Single Sheets
Jantzen Swimming Suit
King, the
Rile Rode
Untitled, 1739
See also
Window Bills and Advertisements folder VII
Men's Clothes (30) – (41)
General (30) – (39)
Hosiery (40)
7