From a late 1800s Scribners:
Woonton desk ad: (and I find it amusing that you can pay on the installment plan, but it's cheaper if you pay cash!)
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j285/zekenstein/WoontonAd.jpg
One for Beatty Organ: ($87.50 sounds like an awful lot of money for back then!)
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j285/zekenstein/BeattyOrgan.jpg
More on Beatty Organ company: An interesting note is that many buildings back then burned down because of gas lighting which was extremely dangerous. Now it is not stated here that the fire was caused by gas but it's interesting that they say the new building is lit by Edison electric light.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9503E4DF1E3CEE3ABC4953DFB4668389699FDE
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Furniture Reference Links and Images thread on victorianforum.com · started February 14, 2008 by zeke · 1 post · discussion in 2008.
From a late 1800s Scribners: Woonton desk ad: (and I find it amusing that you can pay on the installment plan, but it's cheaper if you pay cash!) http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j285/zekenstein/WoontonAd.jpg One for Beatty Organ: ($87.50 sounds like an awful lot of money…