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Inventing the Sweatshirt

Today In History with The Retrospectors

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From Catastrophe to Comfort: The Evolution of Sportswear

This chapter chronicles the efforts of a key figure in establishing the Russell Manufacturing Company as he revitalizes his community post-fire disaster. It also highlights the company's shift towards sportswear, motivated by a familial request for comfort in athletics during the early 1920s.

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