Purple dresses with white polka dots have become synonymous with Ballard St. fashion and until now, the origin remained a mystery to me. Ballard Textile Mfg., having merged with IMudd Caulk and Air Conditioning, Inc., to become IMudd Cloth, Caulk and Climate Control Int’l , has been producing, almost exclusively, thousands of bolts of purple and white polka-dotted material for some time now. Marshall Groverton, Chief Caulking Engineer, is apparently responsible for this fashion craze. Marshall has fond memories of Nana Hannah and her sister, Anna…
Anna and Nana Hannah c.1898
Nana Hannah, 85th birthday, 1963
(Actually, that’s my great aunt, Florence on the left and my grandmother, Agnes on the right and on the bottom. Dates are correct.)
Purple dresses with white polka dots have become synonymous with Ballard St. fashion and until now, the origin remained a mystery to me. Ballard Textile Mfg., having merged with IMudd Caulk and Air Conditioning, Inc., to become IMudd Cloth, Caulk and Climate Control Int’l , has been producing, almost exclusively, thousands of bolts of purple and white polka-dotted material for some time now. Marshall Groverton, Chief Caulking Engineer, is apparently responsible for this fashion craze. Marshall has fond memories of Nana Hannah and her sister, Anna…
Anna and Nana Hannah c.1898
Nana Hannah, 85th birthday, 1963
(Actually, that’s my great aunt, Florence on the left and my grandmother, Agnes on the right and on the bottom. Dates are correct.)