July 23, 1937. "To enable fathers and mothers to order clothes
with the confidence that a size 8 or 10 is all it's supposed to
be in length and breadth, the Bureau of Economics, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, is leading a project in which
colleges and universities will cooperate to discover the
clothing dimensions needed by today's children. Special
attention is being paid to racial characteristics, as the
experts believe that race and neighborhood have something to do
with a youngster's size. Dr. Eleanor Hunt, associate
anthropometrist, Bureau of Home Economics, is shown training one
of the first classes on scientific measurement of the human
body." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. | Click image
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