1950s Penneys Gentry sportcoat

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281406631394
This vintage tweed jacket was made in the late 1950s-early 1960s for Penneys, under the Gentry label. It has a classic 2-roll-3 cut, and a wonderful fabric with subtle orange and blue/green. It bears a variant of the 1949 Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America tag which was used between 1949 and c. 1961. The (R) symbol was added to the lower left corner of the label in 1962.

Chest (pit to pit): 21-1/2″ (doubled = 43″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 17″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24″
Length (base of collar to hem): 30-1/2″

1950s Hart Schaffner & Marx Trumpeter Sportswear sportcoat

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271570454167
This vintage jacket was made by Hart Schaffner & Marx in the late 1950s. It is made of striped dark blue and orange wool with a diamond weave. It has a three button front and notch lapels. The jacket is half-lined.

Chest (pit to pit): 21″ (doubled = 42″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 17-1/2″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24″
Length (base of collar to hem): 29-3/4″

1930s Woolrich 255 plaid coat

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281399908235
This vintage jacket was made in the mid to late 1930s by the Woolrich Woolen Mills of Woolrich, PA. This is the rare 255 model, with caped shoulders, handwarmers with D-pocket stitching and flapped cargo pockets. It has exposed buttons and a rear game pouch. The coat, in keeping with many early mackinaw coats, is unlined.

Chest (pit to pit): 23″ (doubled = 46″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 18-1/2″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25″
Length (Base of collar to hem): 29″

1930s Red Hudson’s Bay point blanket coat

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281399895994
This vintage coat was made c. 1937 from Hudson’s Bay Company point blankets. The coat is a classic late 1930s double breasted mackinaw cut, with flapped patch cargo pockets and slash handwarmers with arrow reinforcement stitching. The back has a scalloped yoke and pleated back. The cuffs have buttoned adjusters. Inside are two different styles of Hudson’s Bay label, which help with the dating.

Chest (pit to pit): 23″ (doubled = 46″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 18″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25″
Length (base of collar to hem): 35″

Ralph Lauren Polo fair isle sweater vest

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271563636887
This vintage style fair isle pullover sweater vest was made by Ralph Lauren as part of their Polo line. It is made of a camel hair, wool and lambswool blend.

Chest (pit to pit, unstretched): 21″ (doubled = 42″)
Chest (pit to pit, stretched): 27″ (doubled = 54″)
Length: 24-1/2″

Ralph Lauren Rugby fair isle sweater vest

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281399882985
This vintage style fair isle pullover sweater vest was made by Ralph Lauren as part of their now discontinued Rugby line. It is made of a linen and cotton blend.

Chest (pit to pit, unstretched): 20″ (doubled = 40″)
Chest (pit to pit, stretched): 24″ (doubled = 48″)
Length: 24-1/2″

1930s self-belted wool swimsuit

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281399878149
This vintage swimsuit is made of wool. It has a wool belt with a hammered texture buckle. There is a flapped coin/key pocket, and a built in supporter.

Waist (unstretched): 13″ (doubled = 26″)
Waist (fully stretched): 18″ (doubled = 36″)
Rise: 14″
Side Seam: 9″

1930s Lampelt shawl collared horsehide coat

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271559664741
This vintage coat was made in the 1930s and was sold in Boston by Lampelt sportswear, a manufacturer or sheeplined leather coats such as this and of grizzly jackets. The coat is made of horsehide leather, is double breasted, with a broad sheepskin shawl collar, handwarmer pockets, flapped cargo pockets and a belt. The back has a square cut yoke. There are button adjuster tabs on the sleeves. Inside, the jacket has a sheepskin lining, with blanket lined sleeves and brown corduroy trim. These coats were popular pre-war with motorcycle riders and as workwear in the fall and winter. The leather is nicely supple on this example.

Chest (pit to pit): 21″ (doubled = 42″, roughly a size 36)
Shoulder to shoulder: 18″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24-3/4″
Length (base of collar to hem): 32-1/2″

1930s – 1940s Hercules shawl collared leather coat

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271547750220
This vintage coat was made for Sears in the 1940s and was sold under their Hercules workwear label. The coat is made of black front quarter horsehide with a brown mouton collar. It is double breasted, with a shawl collar, handwarmer pockets and flapped cargo pockets, square yokes front and back and buttoned adjuster belts on the cuffs. The coat has a quilted cotton lining, lighter in weight than the typical sheepskin lining found in this style coat. Sleeve linings are purple, and have knitted cuffs to keep the wind out. The Hercules label is of the style used in the 1940s, however the last time I can find this model in any Sears catalog is in the Fall 1940 edition. This style of double breasted, shawl collared, hip length leather coat was popular in the 1920s and 1930s and changed very little through its production run. By WWII, this style coat would have been considered old fashioned and was replaced by zip-front sheeplined surcoat style jackets.

Chest (pit to pit): 24″ (doubled = 48″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 20″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25-3/4″
Length (base of collar to hem): 33″

1940s brown sanforized shorts

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281385081330
These vintage cotton twill shorts were made in the 1940s. They have piped side seams, single pleats, an attached belt, front coin/key pocket and a single rear pocket. They are Sanforized and have a button fly.

Waist (side to side): 18″ (doubled = 36″)
Outseam: 14-1/2″
Inseam: 3-1/2″

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1950s Penneys Gentry sportcoat

1950s Hart Schaffner & Marx Trumpeter Sportswear sportcoat

1930s Woolrich 255 plaid coat

1930s Red Hudson’s Bay point blanket coat

Ralph Lauren Polo fair isle sweater vest

Ralph Lauren Rugby fair isle sweater vest

1930s self-belted wool swimsuit

1930s Lampelt shawl collared horsehide coat

1930s – 1940s Hercules shawl collared leather coat

1940s brown sanforized shorts