Figure 1.-- We have an Eton's page on for overalls. We notice overalls being widely worn in America during the 1920s. They were especially common in rural areas. We know less about Canada. The Eaton's page shows they were available in Canada.
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Figure 1.-- We have an Eton's page on for overalls. We notice overalls being widely worn in America during the 1920s. They were especially common in rural areas. We know less about Canada. The Eaton's page shows they were available in Canada. |
We have an Eton's page on for overalls. We notice overalls being widely worn in America during the 1920s. They were especially common in rural areas. We know less about Canada. The Eaton's page shows they were available in Canada.
T. Eaton's was a well known Toranto department store. Their catalogs provide a good indication of the styles popular in Canada at the time. This Canadian retailer began publishing mailorder catalogs in 1881, at least that is we begin noticing them. We have catalogs from the 1970s, although we do not know about the company's current status. The 1970s catalgs were full of clothes which look like American styles. Timothy Eaton, founder of the huge all-Canadian department store
chain bearing his name, was an Irish immigrant born on a tennant farm in northern Ireland. He was born in 1834 and followed his brothers to Canada in 1854. His brothers had opened a small dty goods store in St. Marys. Timothy Eaton began his business with a small dry goods business in Toronto during 1869. He built a giant retail store in Ontario’s capital city along with a country-wide mail-order business and a big new branch store in Winnipeg, by the time of his death in 1907. The Winnipeg branch was the first of many branches. Eaton Company business establishments eventually spread all across Canada when Timothy’s family successors extended the Eaton
empire. Timothy masterminded the company during the crucial period of its early development, spanning nearly 40 years. It was Timothy who implemented the concept of the "Department Store", in Canada, a concept which were already flourishing in London, Paris, and New York.
We notice overalls being widely worn in America during the 1920s. They were especially common in rural areas. We know less about Canada. The Eaton's page shows they were available in Canada. The Eaton's ad copy read, 'Big boys' double Service Overalls. Extra Large Sizes: 49C-75, 9-16 years. $1.55. Sturdy, Blue-and-White Woven Stripe Denim. 49C-75. Bib Overalls. Sizes for boys of 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 years. Price delivered $1.55. This
specially made overall combines the extra large sizes of our
highgrade "Federation Junior" with the double reinforcement of extra thickness of denim over seat and knees, and is planned as a medium-price garment that will give extra satisfaction in service. Made from a good-weight blue denim with white stripe woven into the material itself, it is strongly double-stitched on all main seams and has special reinforcments at points of greatest strain, as well as non-slip, one-piece elastic suspenders. Watch and pencil
pocket too. Very moderately priced. Canadian made. Be sure to state age of boy when ordering. Remember--all Eaton boys' Overalls are sold under the full Eaton guarantee--" Goods satisfactory or money refunded, including shipping charges." The inset at the lower left of the image illustrates the "One-Piece Elastic Suspenders."
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