Joseph Lytle Russell and his son Charles operated stores selling Gents Furnishing Goods for a number of years. Here are a few newspaper advertisements.
From the Pittsburgh Post for 5 June 1868:
From the Pittsburgh Post 23 April 1877:
From the Pittsburgh Commercial for 28 April 1877:
From the Monongahela Valley Republican for 14 August 1879:
It is known that Albert Delmont 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 \also the address of Jones’ (Zions) Day Star.
The way things worked out, it might have been better if Jones had stuck to selling shirts.
During the JFR era, CTR was once metaphorically called a "seller of shirts". See WT May 1, 1922 p. 132. (From Benek)
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