Saturday, July 4, 2009

McCall 7369 - Uncle Sam Suit


World War I. This one looks quite a bit like the J.M. Flagg recruiting poster from World War I:

The pattern artist seems to have tried to lighten the stern-looking Uncle Sam of the poster, but this demonically grinning Uncle Sam is a little disturbing. Note the broadfall trousers.



This pattern is for the tail coat, vest, and trousers; no pattern is included for the hat. The starry vest is similar to this Uncle Sam found on a poster at sonsofthesouth.net:


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