Large wall advertising sign for Fitform Menswear advertising Oskosh overalls and workshirts

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Large wall advertising sign for Fitform Menswear advertising Oskosh overalls and workshirts
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OshKosh B'Gosh is a children's apparel company founded in Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 1895.

Originally a small-town manufacturer of adult work clothing, it has become best known for its children's clothing, especially bib overalls. The original children's overalls, dating from the early twentieth century, were intended to let parents dress their children like their fathers. According to the company, sales of the product increased after Miles Kimball, an Oshkosh-based mail-order catalog, featured a pair of the overalls in its national catalog in 1960. As a result, OshKosh B'Gosh began to sell their products through department stores and expanded their children's line. Children's clothing made up fifteen percent of the company's sales in 1979; by 1993 that number was 95 percent.

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[ambitious-wench.livejournal.com]

My son had a beautiful set of bright red Osh-Kosh B'gosh overalls. He was so adorable in them.