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2020.7.1
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Jantzen Check Short Sleeved Shirt
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- undated [1958-1962] (Creation)
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Short sleeved shirt with a turn down collar and three patch pockets, two at the hips and one at the left chest (part of a two piece set). The shirt is made of lightweight cotton in a check design in shades of green, red, black and yellow on an off-white background. It fastens centre front with six red buttons - the top button fastens with a loop under the collar. The button second from bottom is a replacement and does not match. The check on the pocket patches is on the diagonal. The shirt bottom is squared off at the front and back and there are short vents in the side seams. The a back shoulder yoke check is on the diagonal. Label in the back of the neck.
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Label: M / Jantzen / MADE IN ENGLAND
Measurements metric:
Height: 74cm
Width: 51.7cm
Sleeve Length: 21cm (From top of sleeve to hem)
Chest: 54cm
Shoulders: 46.3cm
Collar: 18cm
Side seam length: 46cm
Shoulder point to hem edge: 71cm
Centre back neck to waistband edge: 73.2cm
Chest pocket: Height: 13cm Width: 10.3cm
Left pocket: Height: 16.6cm Width: 15.2cm
Right pocket: Height: 15.4cm Width: 15.3cm
Centre Back to yoke: 8.7cm
Yoke length: 44cm
Measurements Imperial:
Chest - armpit to armpit: 21 1/2 inches (54.6cm)
Shoulder to shoulder: 18 1/2 inches (47cm)
Shoulder to cuff: 8 1/4 inches (21cm)
Armpit to cuff: 4 inches (10cm)
Back length - base of collar to hem: 28 1/2 inches (72.4cm)
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This style of two piece - matching shirt and boxer style swimming shorts - were known as 'cabana sets' and became popular in the United States from the early 1940s onwards.
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Sources
Daniel Delis Hill, History of Men's Underwear and Swimwear (Daniel Delis Hill, 2011), pp. 101-109