Thank you so much Martha! I've been looking for a while! This is great! -- 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 > > >