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The Frank Empsall Fall & winter catalog offered a galeta tunic suit which they called a frock dress for boys up to age 6 years. This is not a catalog we know very much about. While the catalog described the garment as a frock dress, it is clearly a tunic suit. The ad copy suggests girls could also wear it. Galeta is a fabric. Note the striped patern. While we see boys commonly wearing tunic suits in the photographic record, we rarely see striped suits. The Frank Empsall catalog ad copy read, "No. 692--Galeta Frock Dressm for boys or girls. Comes in dark stripes on white, with trimming of solid color galatea and fancy glass buttons. Size 2 to 6 years. Price .... $1.00."
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