Herman Messing founded Carillon Lingerie in 1943 and was very successful. In the 1950’s Carillon expanded into an enormous custom built factory in Brooklyn. Fred Messing was told it was the largest factory in Brooklyn at the time. Unfortunately, cheap goods from Europe emerging from WWII as a result of the Marshal Plan undercut Carillon’s prices to the point that the company folded in 1962. The photograph shows Herman with his second wife Jean with Fred at his bar mitzvah celebration in 1961.

Sadie was co-owner of Du Benay Undergarment. Her son Seymour, shown in the photograph, was also in the garment business. The photograph is from Sadie and Jack’s 25th wedding anniversary celebration in the Waldorf Astoria, June 8, 1946. The photograph Seymour is holding shows Sadie in her wedding dress.

Sadie was co-owner of Du Benay Undergarment. Her son Seymour, shown in the photograph, was also in the garment business. The photograph is from Sadie and Jack’s 25th wedding anniversary celebration in the Waldorf Astoria, June 8, 1946. The photograph Seymour is holding shows Sadie in her wedding dress.

"Naughty, Naughty You!" DuBenay Ad 1946

Manhattan Undergarment Ad, New Form

Fray Pruf Slip Ad 1945

Fray Pruf Slip Ad 1945

Fray Pruf Slip Ad 1944

DuBenay Ad 1949

Saul, Max, Monroe Messing, the owners of Manhattan Undergarment Company, 36 East 31st Street, New York, founded in 1936. This picture was taken in 1959. The Messing family owned eleven garment businesses in the Manhattan garment district.

This is the Messing family circa 1902.

This photograph of the workforce of the Triangle Underwear Corporation, 112 Madison Avenue, New York, New York, was taken August 29, 1931, at a celebration in honor of the recovery from a serious illness by the company president, Lillian Messing Beckerman. The photograph was taken by the Standard Flashlight Company, 1595 Broadway, New York, New York.

George J. Messing was born on May 14, 1917, to Mollie Speisman Messing and Joseph Messing in New York, New York. He died on October 25, 2001, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. George's Hebrew name is Yaakov. His name at birth was Jacob. He changed his name to George J. Messing on August 3, 1943, while in the US Army.

George was named in memory of his uncle Jacob Messing.

Manhattan Undergarment Advertisement, 1947

Manhattan Undergarment Advertisement, 1947

Photograph owned by Martin Miller. His grandfather Louis Singer is the first person on the left near the window. Taken circa 1920s

Broadway and 34th Street, site or R.H. Macy’s, Northwest view, 1902, Old York Library Box 5

Broadway and 36th Street, Southwest view, 1915, Old York Library Box 8

Broadway looking toward 34th Street, photograph by Don Rice for the Herald Tribune, 25 December 1965, Old York Library Box 8

6th Avenue and 34th Street from Macy’s, photograph by Irving Underhill, 1910, Old York Library Box 10

9th Avenue and 39th Street, South view, photograph by Don Rice for the Herald Tribune, 3 February 1955, Old York Library Box 19

Broadway and 42nd Street, South view, no date, Old York Library Box 8

Fifth Avenue and 40th Street, 1913, Old York Library Box 9