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When Did Girls Start Wearing Pink?

In 1905, the girls and boys are indistinguishable in a Mellin’s baby food advertisement. When the company sponsored a contest to guess the children’s gender, no one got all the correct answers. Notice the boys’ fussy collars, which today we consider feminine.

Ladies’ Home Journal, 1905

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