United States Boys' Neckties: Patterns


Figure 1.-- This is a Christmas 1946 portrait of the Hodgdon family. Christmas snapshots were an important American family traditions. The children are Diane and Dennis Hodgdon. They look to be about 5-10 years old. Mother is taking the photograph. Diane has ringle curls. Note the wide, bold ties and Dennis and his father are wearing. The boy here seems to have keys on a very long chain in his pocket or possibly a watch fob.

The first ties we see in the 19th century were solid colored ties, black ties worn by staid Victorian men men--among whom black was a favorite color. Ascboys began wearng ties, we eventually note a range of patterns appearing. This does not appeare to be a childish convention. We see men wearing the pattern ties as well. Diagonal striped ties seem to have been the first pattern and were particularly popular. particularly popular. We see stripes in both directions as well as hoeizontal stripes. Grafually very loud patterns appeared. We see solid-colored ties as well. We notice modern-looking neckties in the 1910s. A good example is an American boy, Robert Hubbard, with a diagonal striped tie in 1917. We see an unidentified New York boy wearing a horizontally striped tie in the 1910s. A good example from the 1940s is Arian Viring in 1941. Eventually we see a much greater range of patterns. By the 1930s we note loud, bold patterns becoming increasingly popular. The 194s were particylarly notable for wide, bold patterns diverging substantally from staid stripes. We al;so notice quite a range of colors being mixed up in the patterns. This began to chage in the mid-1950s and by the 1960s we no longer seen such loud pattens and the ties become much more narrow.








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