Harry L. Abbott's
Company Catalog
1928
The catalog consists of 28 pages of hardware items and other supplies that would have been utilized in the theater trade. For many of the items, Abbott was acting as an agent and distributor for J.R. Clancy, Inc., which was a manufacturer of theatrical stage hardware. However, some of the hardware items and supplies appear to have been Abbott's own proprietary items, such as "Harry L. Abbott's Stage Curtain Track, " Abbott's Stage Peg and Plate" or "Abbott's Ever-Ready Paste."
The first page of the catalog states: "Thirty-Two Years Of Practical Progressive And Successful Experience With The Entire Theatre." Since Harry (Henry L. Abbott) was born in 1880, the reference to 32 years would seem to indicate that he had been involved in the theater business since about age sixteen. It is, however, unlikely that the business known as Abbott's Scrim Profile Company was in existence that long.
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Source: University of California at Santa Barbara Library