Figure 1.-- This advertisement seems to have been sponored by Indian Head Cloth. The illustration pictured a Tom Sawyer brand wash suit. Indian Head cloth was used for the suits. The ad was from the October 1924 issue of "McCalls". |
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Easily launderable casual, play suits were poplar in the 1920s. We see a lot of boys wearing them in the photographic record. Catalogs offered was suits in many different styles. We note an advertisement for a standard wash suit made by Tom Sawyer in 1924. Tom Sawyer was a poplar brand for these and other boys' outfits. They commonly used Indian Head cloth. A reader tells that Indian Head cloth was "a superior muslin with a linen texture". [Kiplinger]
Kiplinger, Joan. E-mail message, May 13, 2008. Ms. Kiplinger is writing on history of Indian Head cloth and its mill owners.
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