Mail Order Catalogs and Advertisements with Boys Clothings: Chronologial Trends


Figure 1.--Mail order clothing catalogs provide useful information about clothing trends in different countrues over time. These party clothes were offered in a U.S. magazine , I believe during 1959 (possibly 1958). Unfortunately the advertisement was undated. The boy's Eton suit was in "coconut white". Notice the detailing on the sleeve. The suit was available in sizes 3 to 7 years.

Most of the images available to HBC are undated photographs. HBC can estimate most photographs with a fair degree of accuarcy, but that is not the same as having a definitive date. Mail order catalogs offer the great advantage in that they are dated and thus definitive evidence of clothing trnds over time. We have initially focussed on building the country pages above for the catalog section. Here we will cross index our catalog pages first by country decade pages. Later we will eventually cross index actual years.

1850s

HBC has developed fashion magazine pages for France

1860s

HNC has developed 1860s catalog pages for France.

1870s


1880s


1890s

HBC has developed 1890s country pages for France and the United States.

1900

Country decade pages

HBC has 1900s country pages for Canada, France, Germany, and the United States.

Annual pages

Here we will eventually cross index the separate annual pages for each country, but we want to first build these pages in the country sections for indexing them here.

1910

Country decade pages

HBC has 1910s country pages for France, Scotland, and the United States.

Annual pages


1920

Country decade pages

HBC has 1920s country pages for Canada, England, France, and the United States.

Annual pages


1930

Country decade pages

HBC has 1930s country pages for Canada, England, France, the Netherlands, and the United States.

Annual pages


1940

Country decade pages

HBC has 1940s country pages for Canada, France, the Netherlands, and the United States.

Annual pages


1950

Country decade pages

HBC at this time has 1950s catalog pages for America, Belgium, England, France, and (The) Neherlands

Annual pages


1960

Country decade pages

HBC has 1960s country pages for France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States.

Annual pages


1970

Country decade pages

HBC has 1970s catalog pages for Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States.

Annual pages


1980

Country decade pages

HBC has1980s catalog pages for France.

Annual pages


1990

Country decade pages

HBC has 1990s catalog pages for France.

Annual pages


2000

Country decade pages

HBC has 2000 catalog pahes for Germany and Italy.

Annual pages


2010

Country decade pages


Annual pages









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