It is known that A D
Jones once worked in one of CTR’s stores. He also branched out into the shirt
store business on his own account.
Below is an
advertisement from the Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette for November 6, 1883. The
firm of Jones and Littell is operating from Pittsburgh, but they have several
branches. One of these branches is at 335, Fourth Avenue, New York.
As shown below, this
was the address of Jones’ (Zions) Day Star.
In the December 25th
1884 issue of Day Star there are several advertisements under Furnishing Goods.
Below are three. The one in the middle is J M Littell (billed in the ad as the
successor to Jones and Littell of Pittsburgh) with its surviving Pittsburgh
address. Albert D Jones and James Littell appear to have parted business
company by this time, although Jones’ paper still carried advertising for
Littell’s solo venture. But topping and tailing the Littell advertisement are
advertisements for another company. Do you want a Wamsutta Muslin Night Shirt?
Or how about White Dress Shirts? The American Shirt Store can assist you. And
the address of the American Shirt Store? Yes - 335, Fourth Avenue, New York.
There were several
businesses at this address around this time including a photographic studio and
The Tiffany Glass Company. But it is surely no coincidence that a shirt store
in Pittsburgh bearing the name Jones, and its successor, are both linked to the
same address as the ill-fated Day Star.
Perhaps in retrospect,
Jones would have done better just sticking to selling shirts.
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