Slight antedating of "crew(hair)cut" (1935)

[Sam Clements]

Thx, Fred.

I'd given up on searching Proquest Historical Newspapers when they flushed
SABR. Although, I do still have access to the NYT.

Sam


----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Shapiro" <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 5:18 PM
Subject: Re: Slight antedating of "crew(hair)cut" (1935)


> Forget John Hay Whitney.  I think it was Gertrude Stein who inspired this.
> Here's a slight further antedating:
>
> 1935 _N.Y. Times_ 12 May B2 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)  They laughed
> at her [Gertrude Stein's] crew haircut, her mannish tweeds, her Hawkshaw
> hat, her wide, comfortable shoes and her ideas.
>
> Fred Shapiro
>

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