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Friday, February 5th, 2010
This Charles P. Rogers ad is probably circa 1880. Back when having live geese feathers when considered fine form. We are not exactly sure what that meant, but sounds bad....and we don't do that anymore, whatever it was. We do however, still have lots of "comfortables."
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Thursday, December 18th, 2008
This ad holds true today just as a century ago.
We still pride ourselves on offering great value, quality and providing the best service and experience possible when buying beds and linens.
As the ad says:
Very Attractive (yes)
Great Durability (even our brochures last)
Perfectly Sanitary (maybe less of an issue today)
Extreme Cleanliness (it ...
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Be sure to check out the wikipedia article on our founder Charles Platt Rogers. It has a lot of interesting information about the company and it's very historical beginnings.
You can find it here:
Charles P. Rogers
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Monday, December 10th, 2007
Just for fun we are going to start posting a few random looks at our company from yesteryear. So many things have changed since our founding in 1855 that looking back is sometimes funny (horsehair anyone? I know the $49,000 Hastens mattress still swears by it!) sometimes strange (Yacht cushions?) ...
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