Angelica washable service apparel. . . price list, general catalog No. 835. . . .

St. Louis, MO: Angelica Jacket Co., 1935. 4to. 9 x 12 in. [6], 14, [8], 15-29, [1] pp., 1st 4 pp. on pink colour-tinted paper, colour-illustrated throughout, double-page centerfold illustrations for Angelica wait staff uniforms inserted as landscape folio sheets (minor chipping & tears to fore-edges, corners, minor dustsoiling), still G copy. First edition of this brightly illustrated catalogue for uniforms and service apparel during the Great Depression, featuring stylish uniforms for men and women wait staff, as well as doctors, nurses, hospital attendants, utility dresses, chef’s aprons, and more. With most sewn from durable and long wearing cotton duck cloth, the company presents here multiple service ensembles for kitchen staff, dining rooms and taverns, many with decidedly Art Deco lines and patterns. The company originated in 1878 when Carmine Ostari Angelica (1850-1883) created an entirely new cook’s uniform for her husband Cherubino Angelica (d. 1898) while cooking for the railroad based out of St. Louis, MO. Featuring a tall white hat with a crown, double-breasted white coat, cloth buttons sewn to the sides, and reversible layers of cloth to protect from heat and grease splatter, and even cuffs which could be turned down to function as hot pads. Within a couple years Cherubino with Carmine supplying the uniforms founded the Angelica Corporation, and after her death his second wife Therese Hirsch del Angelica (b. 1855) would join the company, and oversaw the introduction of the iconic Harvey Girls uniforms. After Levy and his brother purchased the business and the sewing machines in 1903, the company quickly expanded to dominate the service uniform market, and still is one of the primary suppliers of uniforms across the country. See: Angelica Corporation History, International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 15 (1996).