Mid-century Magazine Ads from the Spring Cotton Mills

Recently while handling family papers collected by my grandmother in North Carolina, I came across a packet of color magazine ads from Springs Cotton Mills. Looking back, she used this material as inspiration for a party costume many years ago. But now I see its potential significance in the history of advertising and the movement toward social justice. The set of four advertisements is now cataloged as The Elliott Springs Touch at Hagley. Springmaid girls adorn the sport shirt of Elliott White Springs.

Midcentury Fashion

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Springmaid Fabrics, You So Naughty! – The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

Controversial Springmaid Fabrics Ads From the 1940s and 1950s

Springmaid Fabrics, You So Naughty! – The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

Springmaid Fabrics, You So Naughty! – The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

Loft Living at the Historic Revolution Cotton Mill

Targeted at trade fabric buyers, very sexist and frankly weird

History – Windham Textile and History Museum – The Mill Museum

1946 Ad Springmaid Fabrics Cotton Mill George Petty Art Pinup Girl

Springmaid Fabrics, You So Naughty! – The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

Hanes® Essential-T 100% Cotton Long Sleeve T-Shirt - Indian Hill Vinyl – Pierce Apparel

Hanes Cotton 1990s Vintage Clothing for Men for sale

Vintage Hanes Coronary Artery Bypass Single Stitch Cotton T-Shirt XL 1996

Vintage Stedman By Hanes T-Shirt Mens XL Black Hill Really Black Made USA

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