1928–1929 antique EDWIN R DIBRELL ny MEDICAL & ELITE NY RETAILER RECEIPTS saks+ For Sale

1928–1929 antique EDWIN R DIBRELL ny MEDICAL & ELITE NY RETAILER RECEIPTS saks+
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Offered is a complete lot of approximately 25 original 1928–1929 receipts, invoices, and statements belonging to Mrs. Edwin R. Dibrell (Edward R. Dibrell) of 77 Park Avenue, New York, NY, with additional connections to Hotel Commodore (NYC) and Little Rock, Arkansas.

This archive provides a rare and detailed look at upper-class New York life immediately before the Great Depression.

Multiple original statements from:

• Dr. M. L. Rhein – Eight East 61st Street, New York
  (Several monthly invoices April–October 1928; amounts including $135, $145, etc.)

• Dr. E. G. Van Valey – 1928–1929
  (Includes one significant September 1929 invoice totaling $555)

• Charges for Miss Estelle (likely daughter)

• Payments signed and acknowledged by secretaries

These repeated monthly statements form a continuous medical record trail across two physicians.

• New York Polyclinic Medical School & Hospital
  Itemized charges including room at $10/day, special nurse fees, laboratory, X-ray, physical therapy.

• Lord & Taylor – 424 Fifth Avenue

• Best & Co. – Fifth Avenue at 35th Street

• Jay-Thorpe, Inc. – 24 West 57th Street

  • Notable: Black dress $195 + alteration

• Saks Fifth Avenue / Saks & Company

• Fashion items listed: slips, corset, straps, cologne, creams, tonic

• Spence School – West 55th Street, NYC

  • Tuition/books for / PHILANTHROPIC

    • First Church Parish – 509 Scott Street, Little Rock, Arkansas

      • 1928 pledge statement, paid January 1929

    ADDRESSES APPEARING IN FILE

    • 77 Park Avenue, New York

    • Hotel Commodore, NYC

    • 124 E. 39th Street (notation)

    • 1012 West Second Street, Little Rock, Arkansas

    HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE

    This archive documents:

    • Pre-Crash Manhattan medical costs

    • Fifth Avenue luxury fashion pricing

    • Elite private schooling

    • Interstate social connections (NYC–Arkansas)

    • Upper-class household expenditures in 1928–1929

    The $195 Jay-Thorpe dress and the $555 Van Valey invoice are particularly strong anchor pieces.

    
    
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