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Sunday, March 16, 2025

May Manton 6599 - Boy's Base Ball Suit

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1910. This patterns seems to have been advertised in the newspapers only in 1910, but appeared in newspapers across the country, from St. A...
Tuesday, December 24, 2024

4577 "Santa Claus" Suit

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The earliest date I've found for this pattern is 1923 and 1925 seems to be the last year this pattern was advertised in the newspapers....
Monday, September 30, 2024

Universal Fashion Company 800 - Working Blouse

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Universal Fashion Company I've found several different founding dates for Universal Fashion Company, with the earliest date being 1881, ...
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Friday, January 5, 2024

Home Pattern Company 157 - Ladies' Matinee or Morning Blouse

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Authorized by the American Red Cross, this pattern was produced during World War I (1914-1918.) The pattern is referenced in Junior Red C...
Sunday, October 8, 2023

Vogue 590 - Misses' Dress and Top

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Early 1980s. This pattern was also issued by Vogue as number 8826 with the same cover artwork. Today it shows up frequently on eBay and Etsy...
Saturday, June 5, 2021

Patt-o-Rama 8500 - Apron and Bonnet

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  1961, based on this advertisement in the Benton Harbor Michigan News-Palladium on May 11, 1961.  The original mailing envelope has a retur...
Saturday, September 7, 2019

Weldons 120313 - Betsy Trotwood

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Late 1930s or early 1940s. David Copperfield is the first of Dickens's books that I listened to rather than read, and I found that ...