1940s Civilian Air Associates B-2 leather flight jacket

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281645136149
This vintage jacket was made in Kansas City, Missouri, as a civilian version of the US army B-2 Flight jacket, issued in the early 1930s, and replaced by the B-3 in 1934. The army version was made of horsehide, with a single breast pocket, attached belt zippered cuffs on the inside of the wrist, and a full alpaca lining and mouton collar. This jacket was produced with a civilian label and a few alterations to the pattern. This jacket is made from capeskin, and with handwarmer pockets instead the large breast patch pocket that was universally removed from the army production version. This jacket has an off-center Talon main zipper, with bell-shaped slider and unmarked diagonal-stripe sunburst stopbox. The sleeves have zipper cuffs, with early pattern United Carr snaps and bell shaped talon zippers. The jacket has heavy wear, and the label has been partially worn away. The remaining text reads “aviation” and “Kansas City Mo”. There is a remnant of what looks to be a wing logo. The size tag is of the black and yellow design used on military jackets, and the pocket linings are the distinctive shade of twill used in the linings of A-2 jackets. These details point to this jacket having been made as part of a specialized civilian aviator’s line by a manufacturer which held a military jacket contract.

Chest (pit to pit): 21-1/2″ (doubled = 43″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 16″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24″
Length (base of collar to hem): 22″

1918 dated WWI army overcoat

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281645258225
This vintage overcoat was made in 1918 by Cohen Endel . . . of New York and was distributed by the New York Depot quartermaster. The coat is double breasted, with a belted back and buttoned throat latch. There is a secondary stamp from the New York Depot, stamped Marvin Falk and what looks like 1933. The belt-back is is sewn over the tag and lining, and from its construction, looks like it may have been added later. There is a army air corps patch on the shoulder, obviously added later than WWI, however if the coat was re-issued in the 1930s, it would likely have been added at that point. The As is typical of coats of this period, it is only partially lined.

Chest (pit to pit): 21″” (doubled = 42″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 18″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24″
Length (Base of collar to hem): 38″

1930s Guiterman Brothers Hudson’s Bay Point Blanket Mackinaw Coat

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271821794567
This vintage coat was made in the 1930s in St Paul, Minnesota by Guiterman Brothers, who at that point were owned by Gordon and Ferguson. The coat is tailored from red Hudson’s Bay Company Point blanket material, and bears the label used by them in this 1930s timeframe. The Guiterman Brothers label has been partially worn away, but Guiterman is partially legible, as is the GB crest. The coat is double breasted, with points showing, and the black portion of the blanket used as contrast for the collar.

A bit about Guiterman Bros, from a piece I wrote for “The Art of Vintage Leather Jackets”
Guiterman Brothers was founded in 1883 and incorporated in 1904. They began using the Summit “Town & Country” name in 1904. In the early 1910s, Guiterman Brothers pioneered the attached soft collared shirt. They also called it the Summit. The company had a plant at 352 Silbey Street, St. Paul, MN, which still stands. They enjoyed prosperity during the 1910s, riding the Mackinaw boom of 1915. They were supposedly the first company to coin the name “windbreaker”. As shown above, their “Town and Country” Coats and vests shared the distinctive double snap Knit-Nek. During WWI, Guiterman Bros. produced flying coats for US aviators. In 1928-1929, the company was purchased by Gordon and Ferguson.

Chest (pit to pit): 24″ (doubled – 48″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 19-1/2″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24″
Length (base of collar to hem): 34″

1950s Pioneer Wear western cowboy jacket

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271821768050
This vintage jacket was made in the late 1950s by Pioneer wear. It is made of purple and green wool plaid, and has peak lapels, a three button front, pointy scalloped yokes front and back, flapped pockets with built in handwarmers and bi-swing shoulders.

Chest (pit to pit):23″ (doubled = 46″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 19″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25″
Length (Base of collar to hem): 29″

1930s shawl collar leather barnstormer coat

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271820768421
This vintage leather coat was made in the 1930s. It is double breasted, with a mouton collar, leather knot style buttons, fancy buttoned cuffs, handwarmer and flapped cargo pockets with arrow stitched reinforcements, and a covered curly sheepskin lining.

Chest (pit to pit): 24″ (doubled = 48″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 19-1/2″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24-1/2″
Length (base of collar to hem): 31″

1940s C.C. Filson cruiser jacket

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281644238181
This vintage jacket was union made in Seattle Washington by the C.C. Filson Company. It is made of black and white buffalo plaid in their classic cruiser pattern. It has four main pockets, with side access to the game pouch, and two sub-pockets, one slotted and the other for a watch or cigarettes. The coat is double layered wool for the game pouch. This jacket features the early style diamond label, and early style United Carr snaps, with the printed “C.C. Filson Co Manufacturers Seattle” design, before they switched over to the later metal topped version with their name cast in. The cuffs have at some point been reinforced or lengthened with black leather, and there is a patch on the sleeve.

Chest (pit to pit): 23″ (doubled = 46″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 18-1/2″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24″
Length (base of collar to hem): 28-1/2″

Ralph Lauren wool half-belt jacket

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281644182020
This jacket was made by Ralph Lauren under the Polo label and is based closely on work jackets of the 1930s. It has a half-belt back with side adjusters, shirt style collar, buttoned cuff adjuster belts, unlined construction with tape seams, handwarmer pockets, a zipped breast pocket and vintage style buttons.

Tagged size: XL
Chest (pit to pit): 26″ (doubled = 52″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 24″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 26-1/2″
Length (base of collar to hem): 27″

1950s atomic fleck Marbury Overcoat

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281644171468
This vintage overcoat was made in the early 1950s by Marbury Coats. It has raglan shoulders, a three button front and is made from a fantastic atomic flecked / overcheck wool.
Chest (pit to pit): 24″ (doubled = 48″)
Sleeve (center of collar to end of cuff): 34-1/2′
Length (base of collar to hem): 45″

1950s All Weather Garment goatskin bomber jacket

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271820684029
This vintage jacket was made in California in the early 1950s from imported Goat Skin. It was made by All Weather Garment. The jacket is made in a post-war “bomber jacket” style, which takes elements of the A-2 flight jacket and melds them with other pre-war civilian styles to make something new. The jacket has patch pockets with scalloped pocket flaps and angled corners, epaulettes, a shirt style collar, knit cuffs and waistband and a Talon zipper of the style only used in the early 1950s, with the unmarked wide rib stopbox and square hole slider. The jacket has a quilted liner. With a 54″ chest, this would best fit someone who wears a 48-50 long. These early jackets are difficult to find in these larger sizes, especially in such an excellent state of preservation.

Chest (pit to pit): 27″ (doubled = 54″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 21-1/2″
Sleeve (shoulder to end of knit): 27″
Length (base of collar to end of waistband): 26-1/2″

1950s Penney’s Sportclad gabardine jacket

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281644153631
This vintage jacket was made in the early 1950s for Penney’s under the Sportclad label. It is made of khaki colored wool gabardine, with elastic side panels for a neat silhouette, an evolution of the half-belt and side adjuster buckes of 1930s jackets of a similar style. The jacket has a Talon zipper, with the deep grooved, unmarked U shaped stop box which was used in the early 1950s.

Chest (pit to pit): 23″ (doubled = 46″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 19″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 23″
Length (base of collar to hem): 24-3/8″

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1940s Civilian Air Associates B-2 leather flight jacket

1918 dated WWI army overcoat

1930s Guiterman Brothers Hudson’s Bay Point Blanket Mackinaw Coat

1950s Pioneer Wear western cowboy jacket

1930s shawl collar leather barnstormer coat

1940s C.C. Filson cruiser jacket

Ralph Lauren wool half-belt jacket

1950s atomic fleck Marbury Overcoat

1950s All Weather Garment goatskin bomber jacket

1950s Penney’s Sportclad gabardine jacket