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These McCall's patterns included a few boy or boy/girl dresses. One of those pages can be seen here with the addition of a boy's tunic suit. Two other pages were very similar. The boy dresses were much plainer than the other dresses, but some of the boy-girl dresses were fairly fancy. The child dresses were very fancy, leading us to believe that the connotation here of a child dress was a very young girl. The ad copy for the various dresses provides some useful information.
The McCall's ad copy read, "Girls' Dress (with or without the Bodice and having a Three-Piece Box Pleated Skirt). Cut in 7 sizes, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 years. Price, 15 cents."
The McCall's ad copy read, "Child's Dress (with or without Large Collar and habing abn Attached Strauight Gathered Skirt). Cut in 7 sizes, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 years. Price, 15 cents."
The McCall's ad copy read, "Child's Dress (High or Low Neck, Long or Shirt Sleeves, with or without Bertha and having an Attached Straight Gathered Skirt). Cut in 7 sizes, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 years. Price, 15 cents."
The McCall's ad copy read, "Girls' Dress (High or Low Neck, with or without Double or Single Bertha and having an Attached Straught Gathered Skirt). Cut in 7 sizes, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 years. Price, 15 cents."
The McCall's ad copy read, " Little Boys' or Girls' Dress. Cut in 7 sizes, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 years. Price, 15 cents." Notice that this is the only dress specifuied for boys andit is a much plainer dress than the other ones offerred here. Actually it has the look of a tunic suit more than the other dresses on the page.
The McCall's ad copy read, "Boys' Suit (with Two styles of Collars). Cut in 6 sizes, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 years. Price, 15 cents." The second style of collar is not very clear. A reader writes, "I think I may have figured out what the two styles of collars on the boy's suit are the large collar and a smaller version (see the images of the boy)
probably what we would call an Eton collar." I think our reader is correct, but the second image is so small and the coolar in any case covered by a floppy bow so it is difficult to discern the second style.
The McCall's ad copy read, "Child's Dress (with or without Bertha and Body Lining). Cut in 7 sizes, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 years. Price, 15 cents." Note the similar age range to the boys' tunic suit also offerred here. We are not sure what a "Bertha" is.
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