1900-1910s corduroy hunting vest

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/272114901997

This vintage hunting vest was made in the late 1900s-early 1920s. It is made from corduroy with a cotton back and lining with canvas shell pockets and blue buttons. It has a buckle back Really rare to see one of these done in corduroy.

Chest (pit to pit): 22″ (doubled = 44″)

Length (back): 19-1/4″

1900s-1910s Red Head Brand vest

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/401060626184

This vintage hunting vest was made between 1908 and 1916 by Red Head Brand, and bears their earliest label.

Chest (pit to pit): 22″ (doubled = 44″)

Length (back): 20″

A piece I wrote for my website on the history of Red Head:

E.C. Cook & Bro. was founded in Chicago c.1867 by E.C. Cook (b.1845) and his brother F.W. Cook. They were manufacturers of awnings, tents, waterproof wagon,horse and truck covers, flags, banners and canvas signs. Later they expanded range to include hunters’ and tourists’ outfits, including jackets, cartridge vests, leggings, hats, gun and rifle covers, holsters, belts, cartridge belts, rod cases, and boots.

The Red Head brand name first used 1908. In 1915, a half million dollar contract for boots for the British Army was rejected and the company was forced into bankruptcy. Former employee S. Theodore Anderson, who had been with Cook since 1885 became president of the new Alward Anderson Southard Co, formed along with Charles H. Southard and Edward Hendrickson (with Cook since 1897). The new company took over the closed factory, located at 925 W. Chicago Ave, hired 100 new workers, and resumed production of the defunct Cook’s lines.

In 1931, Theodore Anderson died and the company was taken over by his widow, Alma Anderson. The company grew and flourished under her ownership and management, opening a new factory in 1940 at 4300 Belmont Ave. and expanding employment to over 500.

Anderson died in 1956 and the company was taken over by Clarke F. Hine. Red Head was purchased by the Brunswick Blake Collender Co, of bowling ball fame, in December 1959. Brunswick purchased the DryBak company several years later, selling both company’s similar hunting lines for a time in the 1960s.

In 1970, Red Head Brand was again sold and operations relocated to 4949 Joseph Hardin Dr Dallas, Texas.

The brand is currently owned by Bass Pro shops. They have been marketing Red Head as a “heritage brand”, though they do no market any vintage style products, and put the company’s origin in 1856, a date which has no relation anything.

Red Head Brand hunting jacket

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/272114924793

This vintage jacket was made in the late 1930s by Red Head Brand. It features their convertible collar, which unzips and conceals a split, zip-up hood. It has large double-round front pockets and a doubled breast pocket. The game pouch empties with a hook closure and a zip running down the center. All zippers are Talon, with one of each of their main styles of pulls that were produced at that time, a rectangular pull with small rectangular hole, a bell shaped pull and a round holed Hookless style pull.

Chest (pit to pit): 25″ (doubled = 50″)

Shoulder to shoulder: 21″

Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 23-3/8″

Length (base of collar to hem): 29-1/2″

A piece I wrote for my website on the history of Red Head:

In 1970, Red Head Brand was again sold and operations relocated to 4949 Joseph Hardin Dr Dallas, Texas.

Vertical Stripe Hudson’s Bay point blanket coat

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/401060646706

This vintage coat was made in the 1960s from English made Hudson’s Bay Company point blankets. In a departure from the usual way that these blankets are turned into coats, this one has the stripes running vertically, giving it a very mod look. It has 3/4 length sleeves.

Pit to pit: 24-1/2″ (doubled = 49″)

Sleeve (center of collar to cuff): 26″

Length (base of collar to hem): 40

1960s Brooks leather racing shirt

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/272114953124

This vintage leather jacket was made in the 1960s. It is missing its label, but with its late-starting zipper, one snap collar and plain back, it most closely resembles Brooks’s early cafe racers of the period. It has bi-swing shoulders and zipped cuffs. Pocket zips are Talon and cuff zips are Serval. The main zipper has been replaced with a later YKK, It’s a very simple, stripped down racing shirt type pattern, with no extraneous seams or pockets. The cuffs are open style. With the wear and various repairs, this jacket’s clearly seen some action and some love.

Pit to pit: 22″ (doubled = 44″)

Shoulder to shoulder: 18″

Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25-3/4″

Length (base of collar to hem): 27-3/4″

Woolrich bib front shirt

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/272114959165

This vintage pullover jacket was made in the 1950s by the Woolrich Woolen Mills of Woolrich, PA. It is based on an 1800s bib front design, with a distinctive shield shaped bib and mother of pearl buttons. It has a cigarette pocket on the sleeve and tails which come to a point front and back.

Chest (pit to pit): 25″ (doubled = 50″)

Shoulder to shoulder: 18″

Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24″

Length (base of collar to hem): 28-1/2″

Joe McCoy western shirt

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/401060658293

This shirt was made in Japan by the Real McCoys under their Joe McCoy label. I’ve owned this one since 2008, and it was a few years old at that point, so long since out of production, and I have yet to see another of this model come up in that time. It’s made from denim, based on a 1950s western shirt, with a label based on a ’50s longhorn Levis label. It has a lace up front, with dot pearl snaps, asymmetrical western pockets and a repro union label.

Tagged neck size: 15

Pit to pit: 21″ (doubled = 42″)

Shoulder to shoulder: 17-1/4″

Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 23″

Length (base of collar to hem): 29″

Steele Brothers fur coat

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/401060678356

This vintage coat was made in the early part of the century by Steele Brothers of Gloversville, New York. Made from black fur which I have been told is Buffalo hide, it is double breasted, with a toggle front, shawl collar and handwarmer pockets. It has a quilted lining, ticking sleeves and storm cuffs.

Pit to pit: 23″ (doubled = 46″)

Shoulder to shoulder: 20″

Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 26-1/2″

Length (base of collar to hem): 51″

WWII Colvinex flight jacket

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/272115026338

This vintage jacket was made around 1943, and started off life as an electrically heated CFN-24 flight suit, made with Colvinex metal yarn. It has a wartime Talon zipper with a bell shaped pull and an unmarked deco stopbox. It has a snap throat latch and double snap under collar closure. These Colvinex suits were popular post-war as motorcycle jacket conversions, as they were extremely well made, durable, inexpensive as surplus, and due to their separable bottom zippers, could be cut down into a jacket style with relative ease.

Chest (pit to pit): 22″

Shoulder to shoulder: 20″

Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 26″

Length (base of collar to hem): 22-3/4″

Cut down CFN-24 Colvinex flight suit

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/272115041520

This vintage jacket started life off as a WWII CFN-24 Colvinex flight suit. These were popular motorcycle jacket conversions post war, due to the relative impracticality of a full length leather flight suit in civilian life, and due to their ease of conversion, with the front zipper having a separable bottom. It is made from goatskin, with a mouton collar, Conmar zipper, chinstrap, under-collar throat latch and belted waist. The owner of this one opted to cut his off at a 3/4 length, requiring it to also be zipped down from the waist to be put on.

Chest (pit to pit): 21″

Shoulder to shoulder: 19″

Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25″

Length (base of collar to hem): 34″

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Monthly Archives: March 2016

1900-1910s corduroy hunting vest

1900s-1910s Red Head Brand vest

Red Head Brand hunting jacket

Vertical Stripe Hudson’s Bay point blanket coat

1960s Brooks leather racing shirt

Woolrich bib front shirt

Joe McCoy western shirt

Steele Brothers fur coat

WWII Colvinex flight jacket

Cut down CFN-24 Colvinex flight suit