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.

Carolyn Ramey Campus Modes T-8509, T-8510, and T-8511

 Campus Modes T-8509, March 1937.  The peaked sleeves are a very 1930s detail.

 

Campus Modes T-8510, ad from July but probably released in late March, 1937.  I like the depiction of a fun nautical print.

 Campus Modes T-8511, April 04, 1937, evening gown.

 

Carolyn Ramey Campus Modes T-8506, T-8507, and T-8508

Carolyn Ramey Campus Modes T-8506, ad from August 1937 but pattern was probably released in early March.

 Carolyn Ramey Campus Modes T-8507, March 14, 1937

 

Carolyn Ramey Campus Modes T-8507, March 15, 1937

 

Carolyn Ramey Campus Modes patterns

 Seam Racer has a nice post about these here.

 I haven't found anything more.  They were offered from 1927 through 1941 and were aimed at young adult women.

  Announcement, December 1936

 I have not found a T-8500, if there was one.  Here is Campus Modes T-8501 from January 1937

 

Campus Modes T-8502, February 07, 1936

 Campus Modes T-8503, February 14, 1936

 Campus Modes T-8504, February 21, 1936

 Campus Modes T-8505, ad dated September 09 but was probably released in early March