My family has a collection of yearbooks from the prep school that I went to dating back to about 1897 through 1938. While most of these are at my parents house I have a small assortment of them at my apt and they are amazing to flip through to see the clothing, the ads, and simply the general way that these kids from 13 to 19 or so were dressed back 80 odd years ago.
One of the more interesting trends that I've noticed is the buttoning of only the last button on the suit jacket and leaving the top 1 or 2 open. You can see that in a couple of the shots. It seems to have started around 1900 and continues up through the late '20s - though predominately in the 1910s.
I decided to take some pictures of some of the more interesting things in them (that would show up - as a lot of it is pretty small and I don't have a scanner) and share them. There's a collection of some sports uniforms, regular suits, and advertisements. Enjoy!
Oh and the colored drawing of the girl is from 1926. Hand colored and the page that follows it is blank except for this line. "- I only know she came and went." It's one of my favorite images in all of the yearbooks.
One of the more interesting trends that I've noticed is the buttoning of only the last button on the suit jacket and leaving the top 1 or 2 open. You can see that in a couple of the shots. It seems to have started around 1900 and continues up through the late '20s - though predominately in the 1910s.
I decided to take some pictures of some of the more interesting things in them (that would show up - as a lot of it is pretty small and I don't have a scanner) and share them. There's a collection of some sports uniforms, regular suits, and advertisements. Enjoy!
Oh and the colored drawing of the girl is from 1926. Hand colored and the page that follows it is blank except for this line. "- I only know she came and went." It's one of my favorite images in all of the yearbooks.
