Patent application

By: William and Ida Rosenthal

Date: October 12, 1926

Source: Rosenthal, William. United States Patent 1,648,464. Granted November 8, 1927. United States Patent and Trademark Office. Available online at http://www.uspto.gov (accessed October 28, 2002).

About the Inventors: Ida Cohen Rosenthal (1886–1973) was born near Minsk, Russia, and emigrated to the United States in 1905. She was a dressmaker at Enid Frocks in New York City, the company that would become Maidenform, Inc. Ida's husband, William Rosenthal (18??–1958), also a Russian emigrant, oversaw the designing and tailoring at Enid Frocks. He was also an amateur sculptor. The success of their intimate apparel company enabled the Rosenthals to become major philanthropists in their later years.

Introduction

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