Old Toddler Pants

The images below are of toddler pants that were acquired from Leo Clifford Bowers and his wife Ruth Pace Bowers. We believe that these are from the Bowers line of the family. The "story" is that they came over with our ancestors from England - John Bowers (1816-1853) and Rose Hannah Leech (1818-1879). Today I have received confirmation from a curator from the Phoenix Art Museum here in Arizona that these pants are c. 1850s and were made for suspenders. If anyone has heard anything about these or could add to the story, please leave a comment or contact us so that we can add to the story.

Back view of pants



Front view of pants



Button up





Inside lining of the pants. Stuffed with special archival paper for preservation.



Another back view of pants

Rose Hannah Leech Bowers (1818-1879) PHT_0167

Esther Fullmer Bowers (1857-1926) PHT_0165 & PHT_0166

PHT_0165

PHT_0166

Rose Hannah Bowers Buchanan (1876-1953) PHT_0164

John Shadrach Bowers (1853-1934) PHT_0162 & PHT_0163

PHT_0162

PHT_0163

Utah Digital Newspapers: "Tracy Cannon Arranges Excellent Program for Pioneer Conference"

For the Male quartet--"There is a Beautiful Country"................... Parks

Leo, Ernest, George C. and Lewis Bowers. I'm thinking that Lewis Bowers should actually be spelled differently, Louis Bowers. Louis is the spelling I have for the brother of this family.

For the article above, I have written a note on the side with the name of the newspaper, date and title of the article: Salt Lake Telegram, 1916-01-23, "Tracy Cannon Arranges Excellent Program for Pioneer Conference". If you would like a clean copy, you can pull one up on the Utah Digital Newspapers website http://digitalnewspapers.org/.

Utah Digital Newspapers: "Holladay Notes"

For the article above, I have written a note on the side with the name of the newspaper, date and title of the article: Salt Lake Telegram, 1934-02-12, "Holladay Notes." If you would like a clean copy, you can pull one up on the Utah Digital Newspapers website http://digitalnewspapers.org/.