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We note that one important underwear manufacturer, Minnesota Mills, offered a new type of underwear which they called VestPant combinations. The underwear was for younger children and as best we can tell, the underpants buttoned on the undershirt.
The Minneapolis Kinitting Works after World War I developed new styles of underwar for children. An ad in Parents' Magazine read, "Minneapolis "M" garments are universally accepted as the correct underdressing in juvenile styles. The fashionable French Type (short trunk) garments illustrated above are made for both boys
and girls in all popular fabrics." The advertisement appeared in Parents Magazine during September, 1930, p. 45. This Minneapolis Knitting Works advertisement, timed obviously for mothers who were shopping for their school children at the beginning of the school year, advertises principally waists suits. The ad shows a wide
range of underwear garments.
This ad appeared in a magazinduring November 1936. I think it might have been Parents magazine.
We note that one important underwear manufacturer, Minnesota Mills, offered a new type of underwear which they called VestPant combinations. The underwear was for younger children and as best we can tell, the underpants buttoned on the undershirt. The company ad reads, "'So practical' says busy mothers. 'So handy' says the tots who wear 'em'. The ad cipy reads, "The VestPant is the modern time-saving underwear for growing children (from 1 to 8 years) ... the most practical 'self-help' underwear yet devised ... a blessing to busy mothers ... a 'hit with the youngsters ... this season's feature success! No need to undress child to change panties. Just unfasten two front buttons, slip off panties and slip on clean ones. Even a small child can do it himself. The panties also have 'LASTEX' back for handy drop seat to encourage early and regular habits. ...."
The panel at left has an ad for a secind type of underwear for infants. The ad copy reads, "Infant Knit 'M' Foldover Shirts with sturdy side pinning tabs which do away with the need for separate bands and avoid strain on the shirt. Made of soft fabrics with smooth seams and designed to give extra protection where it is most needed. In light and medium weight fined combed cotton and in part wool rayon stripe and silk-plaited fabrics.
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