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Detail of Pottageville school class of 1907. Girls with bows.
1907
King Township

Credits:
King Township Archives

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Glenville School class of 1891. Note the gentleman with stand up wing collar with turned corners.
1891
King Township

Credits:
King Township Museum

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Glenville School class 1891. Note "working woman's suit"
1891
King Township

Credits:
King Township Museum

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White - "shirtwaist" in white cotton or linen, with plain skirt, was the "working woman's suit". The mutton leg sleeve and long "A" line skirt was a classic for work or play (sports such as tennis)
The Gibson Girl, Buster Brown, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Eton School in England, the Royal Navy of Britain, and the Broadway Play Peter Pan were all influences on clothing styles still appearing in fashion
today!

The Gibson Girl was named after Charles Dana Gibson, a Life Magazine illustrator. He created the idealized style of an emancipated post Victorian era woman.

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Laskay (Strange) school class 1896. Note the large, decorated hats on the ladies.
1896
King Township

Credits:
King Township Museum

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Kinghorn class of 1896. Smock - lightweight over-garment, black cotton stockings, high-top shoes
circa 1896
King Township
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Credits:
King Township Museum
Catsue McBroom

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Detail of Eversley school class 1896. High neck dress with piecrust collar and mutton sleeve
1896
King Township

Credits:
King Township Archives

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In 1884 the first mail-order catalogue from the T. EATON COMPANY appeared, making current styles more accessible to everyone, even in remote rural areas. This important development decreased the difference between conservative rural and more up-to-date fashionable urban dress.

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Detail of King City School class photo of 1947.
1947
King Township
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Credits:
King Township Archives

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King City School class of 1947.
1947
King Township
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Credits:
King Township Archives

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King City School class photo of 1949.
1949
King Township
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Credits:
King Township Archives

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Detail of King City school class of circa 1945. Knee socks!
circa 1945
King Township

Credits:
King Township Archives

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Eversley school class of 1945. Brothers in matching knit sweaters with the new invention - zippers!
1945
King Township
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Credits:
CatSue McBroom
King Township Archives

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In 1851, Elias Howe, (who invented the sewing machine in 1846) created a device called an "Automatic, Continuous Clothing Closure".
However, Whitcomb L. Judson is credited with the invention of the zipper the "clasp locker" was patented in 1891. The device was so complicated it had taken 22 months for patent approval. This "clasp locker" was introduced it at the Chicago World's Fair.(1893)
Gideon Sundback, a Swedish born scientist improved on Judson's zipper in 1913. Sundback kept making improvements and in 1917, patented it as the "separable fastener".
In the 1930's zippers became popular in children's clothing to help them dress themselves.

The word "Zipper" was coined by the B.F. Goodrich in 1923 on their "ZipperBoots"!