Harold’s Sportswear Civilian A2

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281050515883

This vintage jacket was either made by or sold by Harold’s Sportswear in the 1950s. It is a typical civilian A-2 influenced design of the period, with flapped cargo and slash handwarmer pockets, eppaulettes, and a knit waistband and cuffs. It has a crown zipper, scovill snaps on the wind flap, and a great patina.

Chest: 22″

Shoulder to Shouler: 18″

Sleeve (shoulder to end of knit): 25″

DeLong sportswear jacket

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281050466717

This vintage jacket was made in the early 1950s by DeLong sportswear. It is made of “Nylodeen”, a miracle fabric advertised heavily in the 1950s, which was a nylon-wool blend in a gabardine weave, designed to shed water more readily than a standard all wool gabardine. The pile collar of this coat was described in period advertisements as being a timme-mouton. It has a front belt, a talon zipper and a quilted lining. It is tagged a size 40.Other than the color and size, the coat worn by Flick in “A Christmas Story” is nearly identical. Tagged size: 40Chest: 23″Shoulder to Shoulder: 18″Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 23-1/2″

Blue Steerhide Campus leather jacket

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281038687855

This vintage leather jacket was made in the 1950s by Campus sportswear. It is made of navy blue steerhide, with an attached belt and mouton collar. It has a talon zipper with a lucky rabbits foot pull. It has a green quilted liner, and is tagged a size 18- these jackets were targeted towards high school and college kids, hence the sizing. Please go by the measurements. There is some wear to the leather, but no real damage. I’ve attached a photo of this jacket next to a black leather jacket to give an idea of the color difference.Chest: 19-1/2″ (doubled = 39″)Shoulder to Shoulder: 17″Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 23″

Hair On Cowhide jacket

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271121758200

This vintage deerskin leather jacket has a classic western style, with yokes shoulders and a shirt style collar. It is fully lined, belted and has hair on cowhide trim, for that true cowboy look.Chest: 21″Shoulder to Shoulder: 19″Sleeve: 26″

Rewag German Leather overcoat

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281038293694

This vintage leather overcoat was made post-WWII in Germany. It is a double breasted style, with yoked shoulders. It has a interior snap belt and exterior adjustable snap tab. The belt which would have gone overtop is missing.Chest: 22″Shoulder to Shoulder: 18″Sleeve: 25″

WB Place Deerskin Leather Jacket

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281038245725

This vintage deerskin jacket was made by the W.B. Place company of Hartford, Wisconsin. They were tanners- you sent them a deerskin, they tanned it and tailored it into a jacket or gloves. This jacket has a classic design for this kind of leather, very outdoorsy, with a western yoked front and back, contrast leather stitching and fringe. There are issues with the finish of the jacket, which seem more to do with the quality of the original tanning job than with wear. There is wear just above the cuffs, where the owner rolled the sleeves under to shorten them.Chest: 23″Shoulder to Shoulder: 19″Sleeve: 25″

Hair On Cowhide

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Leather and cowhide, a great western combination.

Gatewood peak lapel jacket

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271116184882

This vintage jacket was made in the early 1960s. It is a gray chalkstripe fabric, with small peak lapels. It is made of Gatewood English Worsted Wool, and was made by Shiffer Hillman. It retailed in Halifax Nova Scotia at Rubin’s men’s shop.

Chest: 22″

Shoulder to Shoulder: 16-1/2″

Sleeve: 24″

Length: 32″

Robin Hood blue flannel blazer

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281034002172

This vintage jacket was made in the 1950s by “Robin Hood Clothes”, from English made Blackburn wool flannel. The jacket is a 4×2 double breasted style, unvented, with patch pockets. It is half lined.
Chest: 24″Shoulder to Shoulder: 19″Sleeve: 24″

Steal Your Face

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281033527632

This vintage coat has a green cotton shell and an alpaca pile liner. It has slash handwarmer pocket and flapped cargo pockets, a zip front with a buttoned flap, button cuff straps and knit storm cuffs. At some point, a “steal your face” Grateful Dead patch was added.
Chest: 24″

Shoulder to Shoulder: 17″

Sleeve: 25″

Length: 40″

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Harold’s Sportswear Civilian A2

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Rewag German Leather overcoat

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Hair On Cowhide

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Gatewood peak lapel jacket

Robin Hood blue flannel blazer

Steal Your Face