The "Distingu" Waterproof, Season 1938 [cover title].
by [TRADE CATALOGUEÑWATERPROOF COATS].
[Manchester: The Company, 1937]. . Folio, navy-blue cloth covered three-hole lbinder No other copy located.This company was founded by Isidore Frankenburg, a native of Krakow (Poland) who emigrated to the Uniited Kingdom, settling in Salford, on the outskirts of Manchester, in the 1860s. His first venture in the field of waterproof clothing was gaitors. He moved onto other forms of clothing and became a very real competitor to the eponymous Macintosh (now spelt Mackintosh) because his method of proofing did not smell .Frankenberg became a very successful manufacturer and philanthropist, he was an alderman and later, Mayor of Salford and was active in many local charities. Folio, three-hole navy blue cloth covered binder with gilt title on front with stamped figure of a woman in raincoat at center. (Inventory #: 2831)