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Photo of a moustached man standing in front of a curtain. He is wearing a tuxedo top and boxer …
Trousers the "essential" garment
Photo of a moustached man standing in front of a curtain. He is wearing a tuxedo top and boxer shorts on the bottom. He is also wearing black socks with garters and dress shoes. In the background, a man and a woman are ballroom dancing; she is wearing a dress and high heels and he is in a black tuxedo. The moustached man appears in another photo fully dressed in a tuxedo.

Trousers the "essential" garment

DateApproximately 1932
FormatEphemera
Notes
Advertisement for Ed. Provan made-to-measure and ready-to-wear clothes for me 
GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
GeographyNeighbourhoodDowntown
GeographyEast-west streetDundas Street West
Dundas Street East
GeographyNorth-south streetYonge Street
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
Medium
Trade cards
Medium
Advertising blotters
Medium
Advertising cards
Dimensions22.7 cm x 14 cm (8 15/16 in. x 5 1/2 in.)
Language
CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Object NumberCA-1932-PROVAN-VS