In 1888, Albany’s Horse Shoe Clothing House was advertising a deluge of bargains, perhaps “the grandest bargains ever known in this city.” They offered “enough kinds and sizes to fit all and disappoint no one; got up in graceful sacks and elegant stylish 3 or 4 button cutaways, any one of them worth $20 (some worth $25) slaughtered and sacrificed at Fifteen Dollars.”
And for boys’ and children’s suits, a ball and bat given with each suit!
The store was at 48-50 South Pearl Street, just opposite the Leland Opera House.