Ad Campaign

ID: 1992 ~ Source: "Stephenson Underwear," December 3, 1915, Rock Island Argus, p. 13. ~ Creator: Rock Island Argus ~ Date: 3 December, 1915
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Ad Campaign

Stephenson Underwear Mills were using some creative campaigns to sell men’s “Union Suit” underwear in an eastern Illinois newspaper.

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By Jacqueline Lopez
Origin of the Mills Although South Bend citizens remembers the Stephenson Underwear Mills as men’s and women’s underwear makers, the company started as a wool mill. In 1855, Alexander C. “A.C.” Staley and Jeremiah Sowry started milling wool --…