http://www.ebay.com/itm/271834081745
This vintage money belt was made in the 1950s. These were popular with US servicemen for keeping money and other personal objects safe. This one was used by a L.O. Lemon, and has a Japanese bell shaped zipper which takes stylistic cues from pre-war Talon zippers.
Tag Archives: canvas
1930s-1940s canvas moneybelt
http://www.ebay.com/itm/281659066313
This vintage moneybelt was made in the 1930s-early 1940s. The style of pin-lock zipper with flat pull and symmetrical D shaped stops was more typical of mid-1930s manufacture, but from the period demand, I would guess this dates from the early part of WWII. It is made of canvas, with leather reinforcement and a selvedge webbing waistband.
1940s Rifkin money bag Ft. Benning
http://www.ebay.com/itm/271865249055
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
http://www.ebay.com/itm/281687501930
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
http://www.ebay.com/itm/271865252882
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.
1950s Sears Hercules shawl collar sheeplined coat
http://www.ebay.com/itm/281636830152
This vintage coat was made in the 1950s for Sears Roebuck and Co under their Fieldmaster outerwear label. The coat is made of cotton canvas, with a 3/4 sheepskin lining, brown mouton collar, full belt and quilted sleeve linings. It has leather reinforcements at the corners of the handwarmer and flapped hip pockets, and loop closure for the buttons.
Chest (pit to pit): 24″ (doubled = 48″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 19-1/2″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25-1/2″
Length (base of collar to hem): 34″
1930s Montgomery Ward Sheeplined Coat
http://www.ebay.com/itm/271808722539
This vintage coat was made for Montgomery Ward in the 1930s. It is canvas, with a mouton collar and sheepskin lining. It has blanket lined sleeves with storm cuffs, and loop closures. These sheeplined coats were popular as workwear and with ranchers from the 1910s-1950s.
Tagged size: 44″
Chest (pit to pit): 24″ (doubled = 48″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 18-1/2″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25″
Length (base of collar to hem): 34″
1930s Duxbak Mohawk canvas hunting jacket
http://www.ebay.com/itm/271790831585
This vintage hunting jacket was made in the 1930s by the Utica Duxbak company of Utica, New York under their Rainproofed Mohawk hunting and fishing label. It is made of canvas, with a corduroy collar and corduroy lined cuffs. The jacket has the early style double round pockets which share a common flap. It has bi-swing shoulders, integrated undearm gussets, and a front placket pass through to the game pocket, with scalloped reinforcement stitching, mirrored by the flaps on the side seams to the game pouch. The expanding game pouch is marked Patent Pending and closes with early manufacture United Carr snaps.
Tagged size: 38
Chest (pit to pit): 23″ (doubled = 46″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 19″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 22″
length (base of collar to hem): 27″
1930s Montgomery Ward Western Field canvas hunting jacket
http://www.ebay.com/itm/281615266058
This vintage canvas jacket was made in the 1930s for Montgomery Ward under the Western Field label, probably by Drybak. The coat is made of canvas, with a corduroy collar, internal game pouch and handwarmer pockets which double as the flaps for the cargo pockets.
Chest (pit to pit): 23-1/2″ (doubled = 47″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 18″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 22″
Length (base of collar to hem): 28″
Swedish Army tanker / motorcycle jacket
http://www.ebay.com/itm/271761628954
This vintage jacket was made for the Swedish army. It is an asymmetrical pattern, with a large fold-over map pocket on the center of the chest. It has a cafe-racer style band collar with an adjustable strap to cinch it down. The jacket has a waist belt, adjustable cuffs and reinforcement at the elbows. It is made of very heavy green canvas, with a removable green pile lining for warmth. This is tagged a european size 52, which works out to a US 42. The pattern for these jackets is extremely oversized, as this, along with the matching overalls that would have originally been issued with it, were meant as an top layer with other winter gear underneath.
Tagged size: 52 (equivalent to a US 42)
Chest (pit to pit): 31″ (doubled = 62″)
Waist: 24″ (doubled = 48″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 23″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 27″
Length (base of collar to hem): 26″































































