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[Bookplate for Goodwin's Limited]

A decorative border is printed in green ink. Inside at the top left is the Goodwin's script logo "G" on a maple leaf printed in green ink. Text is printed in black ink and three fonts, including the Goodwin's Limited logo script. There is a tear in the bottom right corner and a light "X" drawn across the plate in pencil.

Montréal (Québec)

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Goodwin's Limited was a department store founded in Montreal in 1911 on the fashionable shopping street St. Catherine. The store was named after the new managing director, W. H. Goodwin. Goodwin's touted high-end fashion, as well as other department store goods including books. T. Eaton Company took over the store in 1925.
References:
1) Bookseller and Stationer and Office Equipment Journal. Toronto: May 1912, 299.
2) Fashion: A Canadian Perspective. Ed. Alexandra Palmer. University of Toronto Press: 2004, 214-219.
3) Stewart, Alan M. "Company Histories: Montreal's St. Catherine Street Shopping District." Canadian Museum of History. Before E-Commerce: A History of Canadian Mail-Order Catalogues. Accessed Feb 10, 2016, http://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/cpm/catalog/cat2411e.shtml.

RBSC Bookplates

2016

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