1930s Talon zipper pull

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

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This zipper sider and pull was made by Talon in the 1930s. It has the round holed slider which was a re-tooling of earlier Hookless labeled zippers. Many reproduction manufacturers inaccurately put reproductions of mid-1920s style Hookless marked zippers on 1930s style jackets (not to mention the separable bottomed zipper wasn’t even invented until 1930, so any solely Hookless marked zipper is entirely anachronistic for a zipper front jacket). Upgrade yours to an original Talon marked slider!

1940s Rifkin money bag Ft. Benning

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

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This vintage bank bag was made by Rifkin with their 1932 patent Arcolock. This is an early variant with a rare no-hole Talon zipper, placing its manufacture in the mid 1930s to very early 1940s.

Security Bank Billings Mt. 1950s bank bag

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

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This vintage bank bag was made in the 1950s for the Security Trust and Savings Bank of Billings, Montana. It is brown canvas with a silkscreen of their fantastic midcentury modern bank building, and closes with a prentice zipper.

1940s Des Moines Iowa Bank Bag

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

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This vintage bank bag was made in the 1940s and was designed to be mailed. The hole in the pull of the Prentice zipper corresponds with a grommet so that a lock can be put through both and seal the bag when it is in the mail.

1920s-1930s Hookless Zipper money bag

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

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Made between 1928 and 1932, this vintage bank bag bears the stamp of the Seaside Trust Company, located in Margate, New Jersey, just down the boardwalk from Atlantic City and home to Lucy the Elephant. The bag bears a transitional double marked Hookless + Talon zipper, only produced from 1928 to 1932. There is a snap, marked YEO (presumably the manufacturer of the bank bag), through the hole of the zipper pull.

Resistol Double X cowboy hat

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

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This vintage hat was made by Resistol in the 1950s. It is rare to come across these early Resistol westerns, and rare to find cowboy hats like this with a bound brim. As you can see from the fade line, it originally had a mid-with ribbon, much wider than usually found on westerns of this era. It has the early Resistol Western liner (Before westerns became Resistol’s bread and butter) and a brown leather sweatband. It was originally sold by Wolf Brothers of Omaha, Nebraska. It is a size 7-1/4.

1920s Cravenette trench coat

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

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This vintage coat was made in the mid to late 1920s. The jacket is wool gabardine that has been Cravenette Processed to shed showers. The process’s name became a generic name at this period for this style of coats that doubled as lightweight overcoats and as raincoats.
The “double service – for clear days for storm days” slogan of Cravenette’s was phased out by the late 1920s, helping to further narrow the dating down. The coat is a double breasted trench coat style, introduced c. 1915. The jacket has a half-belt back, with a center pleat terminating in triangular reinforcement stitching. It is partially lined.

Chest (pit to pit): 21″ (doubled = 42″)
Sleeve (center of collar to cuff): 32″
Length (Base of collar to hem): 43″

1950s Botany 500 overcoat

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

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This vintage overcoat was tailored by Darhoff for Botany 500 and was sold by the Frank Clothing Company of Livingston, Montana.

Tagged size: 39 Long
Chest (pit to pit): 24-1/2″ (doubled = 49″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 18″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 26-1/2″
Length (base of collar to hem): 47″

1940s Hollywood Sportswear Hollywood jacket

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

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This vintage jacket was tailored by the Hollywood Sportswear Company of Los Angeles California in the late 1940s – early 1950s. It is made of tan gabardine, with patch pockets and pick stitched collar detailing. It is fully lined.

Chest (pit to pit): 25″ (doubled = 50″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 19″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25-3/4″
Length (base of collar to hem): 31″

1940s Palm Beach Goodall Springweave jacket

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

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This vintage jacket was made by Goodall, creators of the famed Palm Beach Cloth from their Springweave fabric. Springweave was introduced in early 1944. Goodall changed their name and label to Goodall Sanford in late 1944, so this is a rare and precisely date-able piece of vintage. This was from the early formulation of Springweave fabric, which consisted of lightweight wool and mohair. It has a nice herringbone weave to the fabric, a two button cut, and patch pockets. The jacket was sold by the Stix, Baer and Fuller men’s store.

Size: 38
Chest (pit to pit): 22″ (doubled = 44″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 18-1/2″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24-1/2″
Length (base of collar to hem): 30-1/2″

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1930s Talon zipper pull

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1940s Des Moines Iowa Bank Bag

1920s-1930s Hookless Zipper money bag

Resistol Double X cowboy hat

1920s Cravenette trench coat

1950s Botany 500 overcoat

1940s Hollywood Sportswear Hollywood jacket

1940s Palm Beach Goodall Springweave jacket