A but slow responding here, but this may be of interest. After President Carter visited Hannibal in August 1979, the Springfield, MA, Union of Aug 24 carried a picture of Amy Carter with a "Becky Thatcher calico Dress" on Geealogybank (paid site). Search for (last name) Dress, (first name) Becky Thatcher. On Friday, July 31, 2020, 08:12:30 AM PDT, Shannon, Edward <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Thank you so much Martha! I've been looking for a while! This is great!
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Edward A. Shannon, PhD
Professor of Literature
Office B207
https://www.ramapo.edu/major-literature/
School of Humanities and Global Studies/Ramapo College of New Jersey
505 Ramapo Valley Rd./Mahwah, NJ 07430
(201) 684-7425 Phone/ (201) 684-7973 Fax
"It is a worthy thing to fight for one's freedom;
it is another sight finer to fight for another man's." Mark Twain
On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 7:02 PM Martha Sherwood <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> It was a trademark for a line of school uniforms originally manufactured by
> Missouri-based Elderwear, which has also offered other Mark Twain themed
> lines.. The company was founded in 1916 and the style has a twenties look
> to it. That's all I could find on their internet page (they still make
> school uniforms) but writing to the company might produce more information.
>
> https://www.facebook.com/pg/Elder-Manufacturing-Company-Inc-795874147130153/about/?ref=page_internal
>
> Martha Sherwood
>
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 9:58 AM Shannon, Edward <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > Does anyone have an idea when the term "Becky Thatcher" was adopted to
> > describe elementary school dresses for girls? Does anyone have
> > documentation regarding this?
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Edward A. Shannon, PhD
> > Professor of Literature
> > Office B207
> >
> > https://www.ramapo.edu/major-literature/
> > School of Humanities and Global Studies/Ramapo College of New Jersey
> > 505 Ramapo Valley Rd./Mahwah, NJ 07430
> > (201) 684-7425 Phone/ (201) 684-7973 Fax
> >
> > "It is a worthy thing to fight for one's freedom;
> >
> > it is another sight finer to fight for another man's." Mark Twain
> >
>
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