A Sample of Women Furniture Decorators, 1886-1920
YEAR |
NAME |
COMPANY |
1886 |
Louise Holcomb Mrs. Mary Corder
|
Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co. Bissell C S. Co. |
1891 |
Mary I. Diel Bertha Miles Lottie E. Emmons Miss Jessie E. Johnston Miss Alice M. Stuart Mrs. Louise Williams Ina E. Carder Mrs. Jennie Leber Carrie Smith Emma L. Holcomb
|
Goshen Sweeper Co. Goshen Sweeper Co. Goshen Sweeper Co. Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co. Bissell C S Co. Bissell C S Co. Bissell C S Co. Bissell C S Co. Goshen Sweeper Co. Goshen Sweeper Co. |
1898 |
Anna M Oppeneer Estelle Norris
|
No company listed No company listed |
1902 |
Nettie C. Bean Elsie McDonald Margaret Goud Mrs. Grace A. Robinson Rose Cunnane Estella L. Norris Eva A. D. Vollpert
|
Bissell Carpet Sweeper Co. Bissell C S Co. Bissell C S Co. Bissell C S Co. Bissell C S Co. Michigan Vapor Stove Co. Grand Rapids Brass & Iron Bed Co. |
1911 |
Grace Robinson
|
No company listed |
1916 |
Minnie H. Hoey Sarah M. Schmidt
|
No company listed C.S. Paine Co. |
1918 |
Gertrude A. Elenbaas (Miss) Louise Ellis (Mrs. Russell) Eva Mae Gentz (Miss) Adelaide Huntington (Miss) Eliza R. Huntington (Miss) Rena Oxford Gladys Ryan (Miss) W. Louise Schuitema (Miss)
|
No company listed for any of the women |
1920 |
Eva M. Gentz Ruth E. Georgacakes Hazel Sider Rose H. Martin Mattie Fetterhof |
No company listed for any of the women |
The names of the women and the companies are from the Grand Rapids city directories, except 1918; those names were taken from the Woman’s Committee for Council of National Defense Cards.