Polo sheeplined coat

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This coat was made in the USA for Ralph Lauren, and was sold under the Polo label.  It has a mouton shawl collar, a double breasted cut, handwarmer pockets with leather reinforcement, flapped cargo pockets, and a buffalo plaid lining.
Tagged size: L

Chest (pit to pit):  26-1/2″ (doubled = 53″)

Shoulder to shoulder: 22-1/2″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25-1/4″
Length (base of collar to hem): 34″

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1940s Ballantyne shawl collar sweater

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This vintage shawl collar sweater was made in the 1940s in Stratford on Avon, Ontario, Canda from Ballantyne pure wool.  The style is basically unchanged from the shawl collar cardigans popular in the US in the 1920s. Canadians continued producing this style after the trend had passed in the United States, and these were very popular with Curlers.
Chest (pit to pit): 22″
Shoulder to shoulder: 19″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 26″
Length (base of collar to hem): 29″

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Viking St. Paul overcoat

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This vintage overcoat was made in the 1930s by Viking of St. Paul, Minnesota.  It is double breasted, with downward sloping peak lapels, a belted back and a breast pocket.  It is made from a heavy boucle wool fabric and bears an Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America union label.  The date is stitched over, but from the style, it is likely the 1936 variant.

Chest (pit to pit): 23″ (doubled = 46″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 19-3/4″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 26-3/8″
Length (base of collar to hem): 48″

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1960s Shawl Collar Curling Sweater

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This vintage curling sweater was hand knit in the 1960s.  It has green and yellow curling stone and broom motifs on a cream background.

Chest (pit to pit): 23″(doubled = 46″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 18″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 29″
Length (base of collar to hem): 31-1/2″

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Hollywood western vest

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This vintage vest was made in the early part of the 20th century from a mustard colored corduroy, with a buckle back, four pocket front, piped edges and lapels.  At some point it found its way into Hollywood wardrobe.  The plaid overcheck of the corduroy looks to have been airbrushed on at that point in its life. This was used in various westerns over the years, and remained in Warner Brothers’s costume house until fairly recently, as evidenced by their modern style label with bar code.

Chest (pit to pit): 18″ (doubled = 36″)
Length (back): 21″

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Hollywood costume- western vest

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This vintage vest was made in the early part of the 20th century from pound sign jaquard material, with a four pocket front, lapels and leather trimmed pockets.  At some point it found its way into Hollywood wardrobe.   This was used in various westerns over the years, and remained in Warner Brothers’s costume house until fairly recently, as evidenced by their modern style label with bar code.
Chest (pit to pit): 19″
Length (back): 19″

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United Costumers Elevator Operator Jacket

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This vintage jacket was made in the 1930s for United Costumers, Inc., an early Hollywood costume house catering to the film industry.  This one is an elevator operator’s uniform.  It is double breasted, with metal buttons and a black collar.  There is black sleeve piping and the remains of stitching from where a diamond shaped patch was removed from the sleeve.

Tagged size: 35
Chest (pit to pit): 19″ (doubled = 38″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 17″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 22-1/2″
Length (Base of collar to hem): 26-1/2″

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USN M-69 Aircraft Transport Coat

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This vintage coat is a M-69 Aircraft Transport coat, made during WWII for the US Navy by Gordon & Ferguson.  It is made of goatskin, in a double breasted, belted cut, with a mouton collar and full alpaca lining. The leather is in excellent supple condition save for a neat hole in the back of the coat and a single dry, cracking spot where the lapel meets the collar.  Surely this damage on a coat which is in otherwise great shape has a story to tell.

Chest (pit to pit): 24″ (doubled = 48″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 20″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 27″
Length (Base of collar to hem): 45-1/2″

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Wallace & Barnes jacket

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This jacket was made by Wallaces & Barnes, Garments of Distinction, New York.  It is a modern take on a 1930s Brown’s Beach Jacket, with the cut, snap front, pocket detailing and collar shape all mirroring that iconic work jacket, but rendered in melton wool.

Chest (pit to pit):  22″ (doubled = 44″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 17″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 26-3/4″
Length (base of collar to hem): 28″

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