Ebenezer Butterick and his wife Ellen Augusta Pollard Butterick invented tissue paper sewing patterns during the Civil War. They became successful immediately and opened a factory on lower Broadway a year later. They are credited with democratizing fashion, but as you can see also helped spread the devil's holiday. Get started now, they should be ready by late October.
Butterick costume pattern sewing kit, circa 1960
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