Record #:

10948

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

Two Raleigh housewives, Ruth Combs and Daisy Sample, went into business together in the late 1940s. Combs had a talent for fashioning original children's dresses and Sample was an astute business woman. Today their company, Ruth Originals Corporation, makes and sells over half a million children's dresses each year and employs over 300. The company is headquartered at Hendersonville, where the manufacturing plant is located.

Source:

We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 27 Issue 11, Nov 1969, p188-189, il

Subject(s):

Ruth Originals (Hendersonville); Children's clothing industry--Hendersonville