1961MJS said:Hi, when I started grade school those were the rules. Boys had to wear pants, no jeans...By my sign on, born in 1961.
lci419 said:This however I suspect is more a reflection of the era and area you grew up in rather than what was historical precedent. I'm a bit younger than you and growing up in rural Missouri (8 people in my class) there was no such prohibition on jeans. Similarly, my father who attended the same school during the 1930's wore overalls every day to school. So what happened between those years when he and I were in school? ..
Bump for a great look.
Off topic: Big Man - as an occasional reader of Reminisce, congrats on your article in the June/July issue. I enjoyed it.
I'd forgotten all about this thread. Thanks for bringing it out and dusting it off.
Since I retired, I wear bib overalls most of the time while working around the house. My only problem with wearing an old suit coat, is any "orphaned" suit coat I may have is usually too small to fit me anymore. I've given a lot of thought about having a jacket made just to wear in this type manner. Finding a style and material that look the part of an every-day suit jacket of the 1920s to 1940s isn't easy. Today's styles look too "nice." I don't quite know what it is about older style jackets, but they do look different from anything today - even new jackets made to look like old jackets.
How the heck they get all them coyotes to stand still like that???
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It was the result of severe lead poisoning from a successful wolf hunt.