. The city of Troy and its vicinity. MORRIS GROSS CLOTHING HOUSE. doors on River Street, his spacious,heavily stocked, ready-made-clothingsaleroom, 125 by 40 feet, extends tothe Fourth Street entrances. On thesame floor, on the Fourth Street sideof the four-stoiy building, is the chil-drens clothing department. On the second floor is the merchant tailoringdepartment, where cloths may be se-lected to be made into suits from goodsof the latest fashionable patterns dis-played there. On the third andfourth floors are the general stockrooms of the establishment. p 61. JULIUS SAULS BUILDING. TuLius
. The city of Troy and its vicinity. MORRIS GROSS CLOTHING HOUSE. doors on River Street, his spacious,heavily stocked, ready-made-clothingsaleroom, 125 by 40 feet, extends tothe Fourth Street entrances. On thesame floor, on the Fourth Street sideof the four-stoiy building, is the chil-drens clothing department. On the second floor is the merchant tailoringdepartment, where cloths may be se-lected to be made into suits from goodsof the latest fashionable patterns dis-played there. On the third andfourth floors are the general stockrooms of the establishment. p 61. JULIUS SAULS BUILDING. TuLius Saul merchant tailor and first settlers of Troy was home-made. cloS Nos 324rnd 326 River Street. The spinning wheel and the loom were and Nos 23 and 25 Fourth Street, necessary pieces of furniture in theu The growth of all businesses has pe- new homes. The clothmg o men cuHafchanges marking their develop- and boys was generally cut and made ment S o7 the clothing of the by women. Not a few men engaged 62 in out-door occupations wore leatherbreeches. In the fall of 1787, one ofthe village storekeepers wrote to hisbrother, in Providence, Rhode Island: Send me as many sheep-skins as youare a mind to. Two of them willmake a man a pair of breeches. Atthe large clothing house of Julius Saul,any one can be convinced that thegreater number of the male inhabit-ants of Troy buy their clothing ready-made. The attractive, four-story,brick building extends 150 feet toFourth Street. The spacious sale-room on the first floor is stocked withseasonable coats, vests, and t
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