1940s Hercules mackinaw coat

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271772745793
This vintage mackinaw coat was made in the early 1940s for Sears under its Hercules label. It is wool plaid in a double breasted cut, with handwarmer pockets and flapped cargo pockets. It has a plaid lining, a feature Sears introduced in its mackinaws around 1941. By the post-war period, many mackinaws sold by Sears had switched over to a quilted lining, and the design of the Hercules label had changed.

Chest (pit to pit): 26″ (doubled = 52″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 21″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24″
Length (Base of collar to hem): 31″

1950s Aero Wesco hunting jacket

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271773064045
This vintage mackinaw coat was made by the Aero Brand from wool from the Wesco Wool Pullery of Ellensburg, Washington. The jacket is a double mackinaw, with caped shoulders and double sleeves. It is made of heavy red and black plaid wool, with a plaid lining. The label has a four engined prop plane logo, which appears to be an early 1950s model. The jacket has snapped pockets and an internal game pocket, accessible through snapped vertical flaps on the side seams. The snaps are figural, with the image of the Spirit of St. Louis.

Chest (pit to pit): 24″ (doubled = 48″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 25″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24″
Length (base of collar to hem): 29″

1930s plaid stag coat mackinaw

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281596533672
This vintage jacket was made in the 1920s-mid 1930s. It is what was then called a stag coat, a variant on the mackinaw coat. It is single breasted, with patch pockets and a fold over collar. It has a double back, and is unlined.

Chest (pit to pit): 22″ (doubled – 44″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 17-1/2″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25″
Length (base of collar to hem): 29″

1930s German sleeved leather vest

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281596561896
This vintage jacket is made in a sleeved waistcoat style, with a five button front, turnback lapels, and four flapped pockets. It has a belted back and snap cuffs. The style of snaps used are typical of German manufactured leather jackets. It is fully lined, and is tagged a German size 54, which is equivalent to a US size 44. With a 45″ chest, I would say this would best fit a size 40-42

Chest (pit to pit): 22-1/2″ (doubled =45″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 19″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 27″
Length (base of collar to hem): 21″

1950s camel colored Land-N-Lakes western jacket

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281596569572
This vintage western jacket was made in the late 1950s by the Herman K. Lavin Company of St. Paul, Minnesota under the Land-N-Lakes label. The jacket is made from a blend of Wool, Nylon and Cashmere in gray. The jacket has peak lapels, and fancy western yokes front and back. It has bi-swing shoulders and saddelbag pockets.

Tagged size: 38 Long
Chest (pit to pit): 22″ (doubled = 44″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 19″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25″
Length (Base of collar to hem): 33″

1920s herringbone tweed Regency House overcoat

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281596596932
This vintage overcoat was made in the 1920s-1930s by Regency House of London and New York. It was styled in Golden Square, London, and was sold by Carson Pirie Scott & Company, a high end department store based in Wisconsin. It is made in an extremely bold black and white herringbone tweed, with raglan shoulders, broad lapels, a plain back and button adjuster cuffs. It is half-lined, as was typical of overcoats of this period. There is an internal breast pocket, a smaller pocket, and a button on throat latch for cold weather.

Tagged size: 39
Chest (pit to pit): 24″ (doubled = 48″)
Sleeve (center of collar to cuff): 36″ (about equivalent to 27″ sleeves and 18″ shoulders)
Length (base of collar to hem): 48″

1920s Gimbel homburg hat

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271775601883
This vintage hat was made in the late 1910s-1920s by Gimbel. It is a shallowly flanged homburg style, made in lightweight fur felt, and creased with a center dent and pinches. It has a wide ribbon with a feathered trailing edge, as was the fashion of the time, and narrow binding. The has has an unreeded sweatband with a taped rear seam- the stitching of the sweatband is still in tact. It is tagged a size 6-7/8.

1950s plaid Land-N-Lakes jacket

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281599241370
This vintage western jacket was made in the late 1950s by the Herman K. Lavin Company of St. Paul, Minnesota under the Land-N-Lakes label. The jacket is made from a blend of Wool, Nylon and Cashmere in an attractive muted plaid. The jacket has peak lapels, and fancy western yokes front and back. It has bi-swing shoulder.

Chest (pit to pit): 24″ (doubled = 48″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 19″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24-1/2″
Length (Base of collar to hem): 32-1/2″

1950s blanket stripe Ario’s Western jacket

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281601270188
This vintage jacket was made in the 1950s for Ario’s of Great Falls, Montana (serving the stockman since 1897). Ario’s was founded by Victor Ario as a saddlery, and developed into a full outfitter. Ario’s son, who took over the business, retired in 1957 and the company became the H Bar O saddlery. From the styling of this jacket, I would put it in the mid 1950s timeframe. It has the typical styling of a western jacket, heavy weight fabric, peak lapels, bi-swing shoulders and a square bottom. This one is made of striped blanket material. The pattern is similar to Pendleton’s Glacier National Park blanket or a Hudson’s Bay point blanket, though the stripes are out of order from the arrangement found on those mills, so I’m not positive what company produced the fabric. The yoke work is some of the most detailed I’ve seen, with sharp cutaways, and is mirrored on the design of the pocket flaps. The jacket is fully lined, and has a model tag reading, Montana.

Chest (pit to pit): 22″ (doubled = 44″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 19″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24″
Length (base of collar to hem): 29-1/2″

1940s Saddle Sturdy Brand gabardine jacket

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281601299399
This vintage jacket was made in the late 1940s by Glenshore of Denver, Colorado under their Saddle Sturdy Brand label. It is made of wool gabardine, in a western flavored waist length utility jacket style. It has curving seams front and back, well integrated handwarmer and breast pockets, side adjuster tabs and a long collar. It has a zipper front with a no. 3 Talon zipper, with a squared corner slider with rectangular hole, and unmarked wide rib stopbox, which help nail down the late 1940s date.

Chest (pit to pit): 22″
Shoulder to shoulder: 17″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 23-1/2″
Length (Base of collar to hem): 24″

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Monthly Archives: February 2015

1940s Hercules mackinaw coat

1950s Aero Wesco hunting jacket

1930s plaid stag coat mackinaw

1930s German sleeved leather vest

1950s camel colored Land-N-Lakes western jacket

1920s herringbone tweed Regency House overcoat

1920s Gimbel homburg hat

1950s plaid Land-N-Lakes jacket

1950s blanket stripe Ario’s Western jacket

1940s Saddle Sturdy Brand gabardine jacket