Showing posts with label mail order companies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mail order companies. Show all posts

Friday, July 1, 2022

Anne Adams 1931 patterns

 I'm still a few images short but here is an almost-complete run of Anne Adams mail order patterns from 1931: Anne Adams 1931.



Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Claire Tilden 242 and 500 - 1936

Claire Tilden 242 housedress and 500 back-wrap housedress from 1936.

This was a mail-order line and the packet design and artwork look like it might have been another nameplate by the Marian Martin/Anne Adams/sometimes American Weekly parent company. 

So far all the Claire Tildens I've found have three-digit numbers. It looks like it started with 100s in 1936 and ran through the 900s, then restarted with 100s and ran until 1942.

I see some designs that I'm convinced I've also seen as Anne Adams and Marian Martin, but I have to track those down to compare.



Claire Tilden Flickr set.

Sue Burnett and Barbara Bell 1953

 This year worked out pretty well.  I can't find 8929 and I'm not sure about some of the 1400 series patterns, but it's pretty c...