Anne Adams 4865 through the years

 I got an inquiry recently about Anne Adams 4865--the 1948 version--so here are all of them that I could find.  This really shows you why dating mail order patterns can be difficult: Since Anne Adams all started with "4" between 1936 and 1986 when the nameplate died out, the numbers repeat often and thus the styles don't change a lot between cycles.

1938:

 1941:

 1944:

 1946:

1948:

1950:

1952:

1954:

 1955-1957

 (I feel like there should be at least one between 1958 and 1961 but I haven't found it yet)

1962:

 1964:

1966:

 

1968:

1972:

 

1976: 

 

1978:

 1980:

 

 

Advance patterns from 1946

 

 Advance 3832

Advance 4021

Advance 4150

 

Mail order patterns, 1928

Mail order 6241 (sold as American Weekly)

 

Mail order 6215

6232

 

 

Pattern bureau and mail order, 1947

 Pattern bureau 2306 housedress

 

Pattern bureau 2280 draped dress

 

Mail order 1962 girls' playsuit

 

Barbara Bell mail order, 1936

 Barbara Bell 1788-B

 

Barbara Bell 1795-B housedress and apron set

 

Barbara Bell 1799-B 

 

May Manton 1912

 May Manton 7343

May Manton 7346.  The middy (sailor) blouse and skirt were the standard girls' casual wear for the late 19th and first quarter or so of the 20th century

 

May Manton 7494 

 

May Manton, 1901

 These don't seem to have pattern numbers, or maybe you had to send in to get the catalog to find out what the numbers were.  Here are a jacket, morning jacket, and shirtwaist (blouse, often with tailored or menswear-inspired styling, as opposed to something really blousy and frilly) from 1901.