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Advertising ➔ Advertisement, Wm. Broadhead & Sons
Identifier:
2017.47.8Description:
A c.1885 advertisement for dress goods manufactured by William Broadhead & Sons of Jamestown, New York, sold at Paul Steketee & Sons, a department store in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The two-sided color-printed ad shows four women and a young girl fishing on a dock on the water. These images illustrate the tailored bustle fashions that were available for active women.Date:
circa 1885Materials:
PaperDimensions:
5 1/2"" h 6 1/2"" wCurrent Location Status:
In StorageCollection Tier:
Tier 3Source:
Gift of Thomas DilleyRelated Entities:
Thomas Dilley (donor) Broadhead Worsted Mills (creator) Paul Steketee & Sons (sold by)Alternate names: Steketee and Sons, Steketee's, Steketee's and Sons
Steketee's was a department store in Grand Rapids that opened in 1862. It was started by Paul Steketee and John H. Doornich. In 1872 a fire destroyed the business and Doornich sold his part of the business to Steketee. He recruited his family to help rebuild and run the store. They opened an 8 story store on Monroe Avenue in 1915. Over time Steketee opened more stores throughout Michigan. It became one of West Michigan's oldest retailers, closing its final store in 2003.
