The Dorchester Beacon, October 26, 1907
W C. Tannatt, dealer in custom-made shirt waists, suits, etc., at No. 319A Washington Street, Dorchester, has an establishment which is decidedly out of the common run of stores and is somewhat of a novelty in its way. The store has been in existence seven years, now, having been established in 1900, and has amply justified its reason for existence by the large patronage it commands from the women of fashion in the vicinity and in neighboring sections of the district and beyond. The store is situated on the ground floor of the building and is roomy and attractive in appearance. It is, indeed, a busy p[lace, with its five sewing machines buzzing from morning until night and its five girls working assiduously at their tasks. No ready-to-wear goods are sold here, every garment going out of the store having been made o the measure of each individual customer. It is superfluous to say that ll of the work done in this establishment is of the highest order of merit and that the apparel manufactured there represents the very latest modes in the great centres [sic]of fashion, like New York.