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Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Portland Knitting Mills, n.d
... Photograph - Portland Knitting Mills...Portland knitting mills...Black and white photo of front of Portland Knitting Mills...Back: 'Knitting Mills Portland' - handwritten, black ink... of Portland Knitting Mills. Wooden fence and water tank on right ...Black and white photo of front of Portland Knitting Mills. Wooden fence and water tank on right. Knitting mill on left, large shed with fibro fascia.Back: 'Knitting Mills Portland' - handwritten, black ink. Round purple stamp 'PRINTED BY M.E. ANDREWS PORTLAND'portland knitting mills, craft, will, textiles -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Clothing - Clothing, men's swim costume wool, 'Jantzen', 1930
In 1910, Portland Knitting Company began in downtown Portland, Oregon, with a few hand-knitting machines above a tiny retail store. Little did founders Carl Jantzen, Roy and John Zehntbauer know that they would achieve both fame and controversy as swimwear pioneers. Producing a wool suit for a rowing team they began offering "bathing suits" in their catalog. Knit on sweater cuff machines, the suits became popular with swimmers. The demand increased for those "Jantzens" and the company name was changed in 1918 to Jantzen Knitting Mills. The suits were made of 100% pure virgin wool. Matching stockings and stocking cap completed the costume of the day. Early advertisements guaranteed the famous rib-stitch "gives that wonderful fit". c1930 Jantzen catalogs featured upcoming movie stars, including Loretta Young, Joan Blondell, Ginger Rogers, and Dick Powell. National magazines such as Esquire, the Saturday Evening Post, Life, and Colliers published advertisements illustrated by George Petty. 2010 Jantzen has achieved new levels of success this decade through social media, attracting thousands of fans around the world who share their own memories about their favorite Jantzen suits throughout the decades Early settlers and market gardeners established their families in Moorabbin Shire c1900 and after World War 1 soldiers were assisted to purchase land near the railway line. By 1930 the population had grown with new families who had other occupations - office workers in Melbourne, tradesmen, teachers, etc - and they raised their families in Bentleigh, McKinnon, Ormond, Moorabbin and Cheltenham.Early settlers and market gardeners established their families in Moorabbin Shire c1900 and after World War 1 soldiers were assisted to purchase land near the railway line. By 1930 the population had grown with new families who had other occupations - office workers in Melbourne, tradesmen, teachers, etc - and they raised their families in Bentleigh, McKinnon, Ormond, Moorabbin and Cheltenham. Clothing, men's swim costume wool, 'Jantzen' c1930 clothing, brighton, moorabbin, pioneers, market gardeners, early settlers, moorabbin shire, bentleigh, mckinnon, dairy farms, fruit orchards, swimwear -
National Wool Museum
Swimming Costume
Men's woollen swimming costume, c.1930s, made in Australia by Jantzen. Jantzen were originally an American company; they were founded as the Portland Knitting Company (Oregon, USA) in 1910 and changed their name to Jantzen Knitting Mills in 1918. An Australian mill was opened in Sydney in c.1928.mens bathersfashion, jantzen knitting mills