Wraps
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Grand Rapids, Michigan: Bissell Carpet Sweeper Company. Wraps. Fine. Scarce, with only copy on OCLC at the Hagley. N.d., circa 1890. Miniature oblong, 7 by 9 cm. 12 pp., plus wraps. Small illustrations of women laboring and socializing on every page, as the text speaks of the drudgery of sweeping and how the Bissell makes life so much easier, etc. The text hammers home its point. The tiny brochure also bears the name of M. D. Fisher & Sons, a Spencer, N.Y. dry goods store, on the rear cover. Bissell provided copies of the brochure to its retailers to hand out, quite obviously. Clean and appealing.
(Inventory #: 004785)