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Bloomers made from flourbags with printing still visible. Elastic at waist with frill at leg.
During the depression of the 1930s, people who couldn’t afford to buy new material made clothes and kitchen items like aprons and oven cloths out of sugar and flour bags and sacks. ‘Making do and mending’ was not a new practice but it was particularly widespread in this time of economic privation.
https://teara.govt.nz/en/object/40527/boys-shorts-lining-made-from-a-flour-bag-1930s
Named after Amelia Bloomer who popularised the garment in order to ride a bicycle modestly. During the 1850s and 1860s they were worn by woman activists involved in dress reform and the woman's rights movement. They became popular during the 1910s and 1920s.
Read more about flourbag bloomers here > https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/130312857/flour-bag-bloomers-and-singer-sewing-machines-nzs-history-in-100-objects
date: 19th Century replica
maximum dimension: 420mm
subject area: Social Science, Technology
subject themes: Costume, Fashion, Culture, History, Women, the Depression,
handling collection number: HC6
why not get your hands on these...
Woman's bloomers > https://www.handsontauranga.co.nz/hot-items/putaiao-papori-social-sciences/womans-bloomers-hc5/
Glass Milk Bottles HC45/1-3 > https://www.handsontauranga.co.nz/hot-items/putaiao-papori-social-sciences/milk-bottles-hc451-3/
Butter Churn HC108 > https://www.handsontauranga.co.nz/hot-items/putaiao-science/butter-churn-hc1081-2/
Wash tub, bucket, boards and pegs HC119 > https://www.handsontauranga.co.nz/hot-items/hangarau-technology/wash-tub-bucket-boards-pegs-hc119/
