1920s mackinaw wool workwear overcoat

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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″
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1930s Pendleton Mackinaw wool utility jacket

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This vintage jacket was made in the 1930s by the Pendleton Woolen Mills of Portland Oregon. It bears the early style Pendleton label, used up to the early 1940s. The jacket is a mackinaw wool work style, with a distinctive combination yoke and shoulder reinforcement, rounded collar points, D-shaped handwarmer pockets, buttoned side adjuster tabs and button adjusters on the cuffs. The zipper on the jacket is a 1950s-1960s replacement, made by Talon. As is typical of these early mackinaw work jackets, this one is unlined. With a 49″ chest, this would best fit a size 44 or 46

Chest (pit to pit): 24-1/2″ (doubled = 49″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 20″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 26-1/2″
Length (base of collar to hem): 26″

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Shawl Collar moose sweater

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This vintage sweater was hand knit. It has raglan shoulders, a shawl collar, a moose, pine trees and birds theme and a Talon zipper.

Chest (pit to pit): 22″ (doubled = 44″)
Sleeve (center of collar to cuff):33″
Length (base of collar to hem): 27-1/2″

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1960s Churchill fedora

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This vintage fedora was made in the 1960s by Churchill Ltd., It is a beaver “25”, which means it originally sold for $25 (though it was marked up to $27.50) , making it an upmarket hat for the time. It is their “New York” model, has a seamless welt edge (Cavanagh Edge) and is a 7-1/4 Extra Long Oval.

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1940s Harris Tweed jacket

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This vintage jacket was made in the late 1930s-early 1940s from Hand Woven Harris Tweed. It bears a rare 1937 copyright Harris Tweed label. The jacket has a three button front, is half-lined and has a short vent.

Chest (pit to pit): 22″ (doubled = 44″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 19″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 23-1/2″
Length (base of collar to hem): 29″

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1950s Knox Fifteen fedora hat

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This vintage fedora was made by Knox and was sold by Raleigh Haberdasher of Washington, DC. It originally retailed for $15, making it a moderately upmarket hat at the time. It has a wide ribbon with a twisted knot style bow and a seamless welt edge. It is a size 7-1/4.

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Zara Overcoat

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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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1930s J.C. Penney Sol-Air straw boater hat

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This vintage boater was made in the 1930s and was sold by the J.C. Penney Company under the Solar Straws / Sol-Air Conditioned label. It is an open weave, and has a Bon Ton Ivy ventilated floating sweatband. The hat has a distinctive hatband design, and is a 7-3/8.

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1920s Extra Quality eight pleat flat cap

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This vintage cap was made in the 1920s – early 1930s and is marked “Extra Quality”. It is made of heavy mackinaw wool, with a one piece, eight pleat design, herringbone and fur lined earflaps and a snap brim. This type of cap is typical of fall/winter workwear caps of that era, and it is rare to find one in this large size and in wearable condition.

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Shepler’s Stetson Open Road

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This vintage hat was made in the 1960s-1970s by the John B. Stetson company for the Sheplers western store, and is co-branded. It is a size 7, and while labeled a “Tulsa” model for Sheplers, it is identical to Stetson’s Open Road of the period.

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