Post #215125 by Humuhumu on Thu, Feb 16, 2006 2:35 PM

This past summer when we were visiting Seattle, I found this great vintage child's shirt at a flea market. (Being child-sized sometimes has its payoffs.) Being a massive Disney nut, I was thrilled to find it. I've been hoping to get some more info about the shirt, specifically when it was produced. I wore it to the Disney offices when I was visiting Kevin Kidney last week. Kevin is both very into vintage Disney and vintage clothing, and while he hadn't seen it before, his guess was that it was from the 40s, the 50s at the latest. There's no date on the selvage. The characters are from the movie "Song of the South" which was first released in 1946, then again in 1956, 1972, 1980 and 1986. I've also contacted the fellow who runs songofthesouth.net but I haven't heard back from him yet. I've been looking for a TC-type equivalent for vintage Disney collectibles but haven't found one yet; there is a section in the eBay forums, but it doesn't look like it's very active, lots of "what is this" posts with no responses.

I'd love to hear your ideas!

The label is very faded and hard to read, so I've enhanced it using Photoshop. It has an image of Brer Rabbit in the upper left corner, and says "BRER RABBIT" at the top. "ZIP-A-DEE-DOO-DAH" is swooping across the label in large print. Near the bottom, in small print are "MADE IN CALIFORNIA" and "COPYRIGHT WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS."