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From: "NANCY D PITTERS" <>
Subject: Re: Presser
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 13:59:24 -0500

Would you happen to know what a "wrapper" was in 1907?
Nancy Pitters


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> From: P DONALD HANEY <>
> To:
> Subject: re: Presser
> Date: Thursday, April 02, 1998 11:11 AM
>
> In the New York City garment industry that employed a lot of
> individuals in the 20s, an individual who pressed the seams or shaped
> the garment after it was sewn was called a "presser". I don't know of
> any list encompassing all occupations. My knowledge of "presser"
> comes from growing up in Brooklyn and having a childhood friend whose
> grandfather was a presser in a factory that made Bond suits for men.
>
> ____
> Best regards,
> Don Haney in Carmel, NY
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