Brown Hudson’s Bay Company Point Blanket Coat

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/401004264328
This vintage coat was made in the 1950s from brown on brown Hudson’s Bay Company point blankets. It has a double breasted, toggle style closure, with a broad collar and both handwarmer and flapped patch cargo pockets. It has a full yellow lining. These are rare o find in the brown color scheme, with the red and black being most common, followed by the multi-stripe.

Chest (pit to pit): 24-1/2″ (doubled = 49″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 19-1/2″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 28-1/2″
Length (base of collar to hem): 38″

Boucher’s Butte overcoat

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/401000720480
This vintage overcoat was made in the late 1930s and was sold by M.H. Schwartz, successor to Boucher’s, located in uptown Butte, Montana. M.H. Schwartz took over Boucher’s c. 1939 and used the “successor to” tagline in 1939 and 1940. The coat is extremely heavy wool, with a wide double breasted closure, broad lapels and handwarmer pockets. Just the thing for those harsh Montana winters, walking up the hill to and from the mine. The coat is fully lined and bears an Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America union label. With the way it is stitched into the coat, I can’t tell if it is a 1936 or a 1939 variant. With the c.1939 dating from the retailer’s history, either is possible.

Chest (pit to pit): 25″ (doubled = 50″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 19″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 26″
Length (Base of collar to hem): 45-1/2″

Congress Sportswear belt back mackinaw coat

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271995282418
This vintage coat was made in the late 1930s by Congress Sportswear by Hudson’s Sports Store of Detroit, Michigan. It is made of red and black plaid mackinaw cloth, with a classic double breasted cut, with a belted back, flapped cargo pockets and handwarmer pockets on the chest. As was typical of 1930s mackinaws, this one is unlined.

Chest (pit to pit): 22″
Shoulder to shoulder: 17″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24-1/4″
Length (base of collar to hem): 31″

1920s mackinaw wool workwear overcoat

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271994241318
This vintage coat was made in the 1920s. It is made from heavyweight mackinaw wool, and from its rugged material and cut, was probably intended more as a working overcoat than a dress one. It is double breasted, with a relatively narrow wrap, a broad collar and beautiful brown buttons. It has a buttoned rear belt, which likely buttoned to segments to form a full belt. As is typical of coats which had the option of wearing with or without, it only has the back belt. This coat has chunky buttoned adjuster belts at the wrists, flapped cargo pockets and is un-vented. Typical for mackinaws and work coats of the time, it is unlined save for the sleeves, with the warmth coming from the heavy weight of the dense wool. This one ended up selling for hardly anything after a bidder canceled his bid within hours of the end, revealing all the other bidders high bids and scaring off any potential new bidders.

Chest (pit to pit): 23″ (doubled = 46″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 19″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24-1/2″
Length (Base of collar to hem): 43″

1933-1935 Frankoat oatmeal tweed overcoat

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271994222328
This vintage jacket was made between 1933 and 1935 by Frank Brothers under their Frankoat label. It is made of midweight oatmeal tweed with a great orange fleck running through it. It has a three button front with caramel colored buttons, raglan shoulders and notch lapels. It bears an incredibly rare Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America label, used only between 1933 and 1935. A new label was issued by the ACWofA in 1936, and again in 1939. The coat is half lined and has the name of the original owner, Gilbert Harrington, sewn inside.

Chest (pit to pit): 23-1/2″ (doubled = 47″)
Center of collar to end of cuff): 34″
Length (Base of collar to hem): 46-1/2″

March 1942 shawl collar army mackinaw

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271992156493
This vintage coat was made for the US Army during WWII in March of 1942. It is made of doeskin wool, with a shawl collar, a 3×6 double breasted front, a buttoned belt, buttoned epaulettes, and flapped patch cargo pockets. It is stamped as being issued to a W.G. Henry. These coats, and their predecessors were popular as hard wearing items of fall and winter workwear from the late 1920s-1950s.

Chest (pit to pit): 21″ (doubled = 42″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 17-1/2″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25-1/4″
Length (base of collar to hem): 33″

H. Nakashima Trench Coat

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/400998668611
This vintage jacket was made by the H. Nakashima Co. Ltd. of Osaka, Tokyo, Japan, in the 1950s for a US Army officer during the Korean war.

Tagged size: 44 Extra Long
Chest (pit to pit): 24″ (doubled = 48″)
Shoulder to shoulder:19″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 28″

Reproduction Shawl Collar mackinaw

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/400986784695
This vintage coat was made in the 1970s by Jerold for men, with a style heavily influenced by double breasted mackinaw work coats of the 1930s. It is double breasted, with a 3×6 buttoning, a broad shawl collar and knot style buttons on the front and cuffs. It has handwarmer pockets on the chest and flapped cargo pockets.

Tagged size: 42R
Chest (pit to pit): 23″ (doubled = 46″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 19-1/2″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24″
Length (base of collar to hem): 32-1/2″

1940s USPHS bridge coat

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/400987876601
This vintage bridge coat was made in the 1940s, during WWII for a director of the USPHS. It was made by SSS clothes and bears a 1939 union label. Unlike most bridge coats with their anchor buttons, this one has special medical buttons for its organisation, with a crossed anchor and Caduceus. There are four braids on the sleeve, which for the Navy would indicate a rank of Captain, and for the US Public Health Service denote a rank of Director.

Chest (pit to pit): 22″ (doubled = 44″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 18″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 26″

Zara Overcoat

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271978839968
This coat was made recently by Zara, but pulls its styling heavily from men’s overcoats of the 1920s, with its slim silhouette, wide lapels, high-mounted handwarmer pockets, flapped cargo pockets, fabric and cuff detailing. It is a relatively lightweight coat despite its looks, perfect for parts of the country where the extreme weight of originals is not appropriate.

Chest (pit to pit): 21″ (doubled = 42″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 17-1/2″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25-1/2″

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Brown Hudson’s Bay Company Point Blanket Coat

Boucher’s Butte overcoat

Congress Sportswear belt back mackinaw coat

1920s mackinaw wool workwear overcoat

1933-1935 Frankoat oatmeal tweed overcoat

March 1942 shawl collar army mackinaw

H. Nakashima Trench Coat

Reproduction Shawl Collar mackinaw

1940s USPHS bridge coat

Zara Overcoat