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  2. Seersucker - Wikipedia

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    Seersucker. Blue and white is a common seersucker color combination. Seersucker, hickory stripe or railroad stripe is a thin, puckered, usually cotton fabric, commonly but not necessarily striped or chequered, used to make clothing for hot weather. The word originates from the Persian words شیر shîr and شکر shakar, literally meaning ...

  3. Garment District, Manhattan - Wikipedia

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    The Garment District, also known as the Garment Center, the Fashion District, or the Fashion Center, is a neighborhood located in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. Historically known for its role in the production and manufacturing of clothing, the neighborhood derives its name from its dense concentration of fashion-related uses.

  4. Georg Jensen Inc. (New York City) - Wikipedia

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    Georg Jensen Inc. was a gift and department store known for Scandinavian imports located in midtown Manhattan at 667 Fifth Avenue at 53rd Street from 1935-1968. In 1935, it was founded and managed by Frederik Lunning (1881-1952), re-inventing his original New York store, Georg Jensen Handmade Silver, Inc., founded 1923, at 169 West 57th Street, across from Carnegie Hall. [1]

  5. Seersucker Thursday - Wikipedia

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    Seersucker Thursday is an annual tradition in the United States Congress in which senators wear clothing made of seersucker on National Seersucker Day, traditionally observed on a " 'nice and warm day' in the second or third week of June'". [1] This light, cotton-based material is associated with the warm and humid climate of the Southern ...

  6. Joseph Haspel - Wikipedia

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    Joseph Haspel (February 18, 1884 – December 29, 1959) was an American haberdasher in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was the inventor of the seersucker suit, first worn by Southern businessmen, followed by Ivy League students and Northern businessmen.

  7. Wallachs (clothiers) - Wikipedia

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    Wallachs was a New York City men's clothing store which once maintained additional locations in Newark, New Jersey. [1] It was a New York institution for more than a century. Together with Roots and F.R. Tripler, Wallachs was part of a nineteen state chain of fifty stores controlled by the Hastings Group. Hastings Group filed for Chapter 11 ...

  8. Voorlezer's House - Wikipedia

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    The Voorlezer's House is a historic clapboard frame house in Historic Richmond Town in Staten Island, New York.It is widely believed to be the oldest known schoolhouse in what is now the United States, although the sole inhabitant to hold the title of voorlezer, Hendrick Kroesen, only lived on the property from 1696 until 1701.

  9. Museum of Chinese in America - Wikipedia

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    Founded in 1980 in Manhattan's Chinatown, the museum began as the New York Chinatown History Project by historian John Kuo Wei Tchen and community resident and activist Charles Lai to promote understanding of the Chinese American experience and to address the concern that "the memories and experiences of aging older generations would perish without oral history, photo documentation, research ...

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