I missed this listing, so am grateful to fellow collector, Darin, for flagging it for me. I’ve long wondered about the many commercially-produced vintage aprons seemingly made using Dennison crepe paper. Dennison, in all their many publications, doesn’t mention or show aprons actually made by the company. There are suggestions as to how to use their crepe paper, sure, but nothing to indicate that Dennison itself made aprons. Then this listing comes along with an intriguing clue. On the reverse of this apron, there is a small tag indicating the item was produced by C.A. Reed of Williamsport, PA. Was the tag present at the time of the original sale? If so, assuming the crepe with the JOL and two cats was actually produced by Dennison (I think it was, but crepe has never been a market segment at the top of my playlist.), then does the tag indicate some formal arrangement between Reed and Dennison? I love this hobby. Even after having been in it for decades, there is so much still to know.
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