Category Archives: workwear
Key Imperial half-belt denim jacket
http://www.ebay.com/itm/401075769099
Chest (pit to pit): 22″ (doubled = 44″)
Continental Coffee Co jacket
http://www.ebay.com/itm/401061241555
This vintage jacket was made in the early 1960s and was worn by Jim, an employee of the Continental Coffee Company. The jacket has buttoned patch pockets and a talon zipper front.
Blue Bell Denim Chore Jacket
http://www.ebay.com/itm/272101326206
This vintage jacket was made by Blue Bell, Inc. It is blanket lined, with a four pocket front.
Warehouse Stifel jacket reproduction
http://www.ebay.com/itm/272097447618
This jacket was made in Japan by WareHouse. The design is inspired by 1920s chore jackets, with an indigo discharge pattern twill fabric, ring-back buttons reading “Union Made”, and a four button front with a pencil pocket in one of the breast pockets.
1930s denim army pullover
Lofgren Cock ‘o the Walk denim chore jacket
http://www.ebay.com/itm/272097450976
This jacket was a sample made in Japan by John Lofgren & Co., one of two made for a jacket which never went into production. Based on chore jackets from the 1920s, it is made from 11 oz indigo selvedge denim, with a chinstrap, changeable ring buttons with an incredible “Cock O’ the Walk” logo, and a nicely detailed watch pocket with a slanted buttonhole for a watch chain.
1930s Merrill Woolen Mills chinstrap work shirt
http://www.ebay.com/itm/401023023093
This vintage shirt was made in the 1930s in Merrill, Wisconsin by the Merrill Woolen Mills. It is made of red and black wool, with a two-button extended stand collar chinstrap. It has a half-length placket, long tails and two breast pockets.
Collar: 15″
Chest (pit to pit): 22″ (doubled = 44″_
Shoulder to shoulder: 18″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff):24″
Length (base of collar to hem): 31-1/2″
Duxbak half-zip chinstrap work shirt
http://www.ebay.com/itm/401023026571
This vintage shirt was made in the 1930s by Duxbak in Utica, New York from plaid wool fabric from the Newton Woolen Mills of Homer, New York. It has a half-zip front with an early Talon zipper and a two button chinstrap.
Collar: 14″
Chest (pit to pit): 20-1/2″ (doubled = 41″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 16″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24-1/2″
Length (base of collar to hem): 31″
1930s-1940s half-belt canvas work jacket
http://www.ebay.com/itm/401023017182
This vintage workwear jacket was made in the late 1930s-1940s. It has a mid-late 1940s Talon zipper, but the stitching is crude and doesn’t match the rest of the stitching on the jacket, so it is very likely a replacement. The jacket is made of heavyweight twill, with handwarmer pockets, a breast pocket, half-belt back and side adjuster belts.
Chest (pit to pit): 21″ (doubled = 42″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 18″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 23-1/4″
Length (Base of collar to hem): 22-1/2″