Brand new. No package. Size 34. Waist band has the number 21 stamped on each interior waist band near manufacturer label. Label states DLA 100-88-c-0677 dating these to 1988.

Made by Union underwear company

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1926

Polish immigrant Jacob Goldfarb began his clothing business in 1926 with the goal of producing low priced, quality undergarments—most notably, the popular one-piece men's underwear known as the "unionsuit." Appropriately, Goldfarb called his business The Union Underwear Company.

1928

In 1928, Fruit of the Loom started licensing their brand to manufacturers of finished clothing lines.

1930

In 1930, Goldfarb was approached by promoters who were looking for an industry that would create jobs and increase the tax base for the city of Frankfort, Kentucky during the ongoing depression.

1941

The Union Underwear Company established a second factory which began producing boxer shorts shortly before the beginning of World War II. In 1941, when the United States joined the Allied effort, the company was contracted to produce millions of pairs of G.I. shorts.

1961

The licensee had actually become larger than Fruit of the Loom itself, and to ensure that the trademark would remain available, in 1961, Philadelphia & Reading purchased the Fruit of the Loom Licensing Company.

1968

Northwest Industries purchased the patent owned by Union Underwear in 1968.

1969

In 1969 the company contracted sportscaster Howard Cosell to appear in five television commercials over three years.

As early as 1969, Union Underwear began the then-unusual move of using celebrities to promote its underwear.

1975

Union Underwear launched an extremely successful advertising campaign in 1975 when it introduced its Fruit of the Loom Guys.

1976

The Union Underwear Company acquired the BVD trademark in 1976.

1982

In an effort to promote its move from department stores to discount merchandisers, Hanes introduced “Inspector 12” into its advertising campaigns in 1982.

A less successful campaign was launched in response to Hanes Knit Products' 1982 "Inspector 12" advertising campaign.

1984

The company launched that division in 1984 and led the category with a ten percent share within four years.

1987

The Fruit of the Loom label was applied to sportswear in 1987.

1989

Capital improvements left Fruit of the Loom strapped with debt, and interest expenses consumed huge portions of annual sales revenues—10 percent in 1989.

1992

Farley and Holland predicted that Fruit of the Loom would invest $125 million in new equipment and increase the workforce by 3,000 at plants in the United States, Canada, and Europe in 1992.

1993

Also in 1993, Fruit of the Loom acquired Salem Sportswear.

1994

Also in 1994 it bought the bankrupt sportswear maker Gitano Group, Inc., for $100 million.

1995

In 1995 Fruit of the Loom closed 9 plants in the United States, laid off over 6,000 employees, and began moving operations to Central America and the Caribbean.

1996

In 1996, Fruit of the Loom was the fourth largest United States apparel company and the fourth largest licensed apparel maker.

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