Sears – Simpsons Wearmaster mackinaw

Posted on January 24, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281574512383
This vintage coat was made in the early 1950s for Simpsons-Sears under the WearMaster label. This Canadian-market mackinaw is a style popular from the 1930s-1950s with very few changes. It is double breasted, with broad lapels, handwarmer pockets, flapped cargo pockets and a full belt. The lining and label design distinguish this one from the earlier manufacture models.

Chest (pit to pit): 23″ (doubled = 46″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 18″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24-1/4″
Length (base of collar to hem): 31″

Penney’s plaid hunting jacket

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271722719546
This vintage hunting coat was made in the 1950s for Penney’s. It is made of heavy black and red plaid with a buffalo plaid lining. The coat has snapped cargo pockets and game pocket entry as well as handwarmers. It has a Talon zipper front.

Chest (pit to pit): 25″ (doubled = 50″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 20″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24″
Length (base of collar to hem): 31″

1940s tweed sportcoat

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281560351633
This vintage tweed jacket was made in the 1940s. It is made of an oatmeal and brown striped tweed, similar in pattern to what was used on Fender tweed amps. It is single breasted, with three leather knot buttons, no vent, and patch pockets. The jacket is half lined and has no tags. The leather buttons may be replacements, as there is a bag with smaller matching leather cuff buttons in the pocket which have not been sewn on.

Chest (pit to pit): 20″
Shoulder to shoulder: 18″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24-1/2″
Length (Base of collar to hem): 29″

1950s red wool American Field hunting jacket

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281560039758
This vintage hunting jacket was made in the 1950s in Toledo, Ohio by the Hettrick Manufacturing Company under their American Field Sportswear label. The jacket is made from red wool, with handwarmer pockets and buttoned, flapped cargo pockets. It has access to an internal game pocket through buttoned slits on the side seams. The coat has a cotton flannel lining and viscose rayon sleeve linings.

Chest (pit to pit): 23″ (doubled = 46″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 20″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24″
Length (base of collar to hem): 31″

1920s Herringbone suit jacket

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281544183986
This vintage jacket was made in the late 1920s. It is made of black wool with a small herringbone pattern. It is single breasted, with a three button front. The jacket is fully lined with striped sleeve linings. It has surgeon’s cuffs.

Chest (pit to pit):21″
Shoulder to shoulder: 17-3/8″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 24″
Length (base of collar to hem): 30″

1930s Meier railroad uniform jacket

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271722213465
This vintage jacket was made between 1936 and 1938 by A.G. Meier & Co. They were located at 205 W Monroe St, Chicago, IL and produced uniforms and caps. This jacket was produced for a railroad employee, and is single breasted, with a four button front. It has stitching at the cuffs and no breast pocket. The jacket has four spacious interior pockets, all made from heavy sailcloth. There is evidence of railroad insignia at the collar and on the cuffs. At some point, the jacket was converted to be worn as streetwear and the original brass ring-back buttons were changed out for sewn-on plastic ones.

Chest (pit to pit): 20-3/8″ (doubled = 40-3/4″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 17″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 26″
Length (base of collar to hem): 29-1/2″

1930s Pendleton striped blanket coat

Posted on December 21, 2014 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281537063063
This vintage coat was made in the early 1930s from striped point blanket material. While the Hudson’s Bay Company point blankets had a striped pattern with four stripes at each end of the blanket running indigo, yellow, red, green, this coat was made from a blanket with a continuous stripe patterned blanket running red, orange, indigo, green and then repeating. While there are no labels on this coat, I have seen this blanket pattern attributed to the Pendleton woolen mills. The pattern of the blanket has been inverted for the sleeves and runs vertically for the collar, giving some real interest there. The coat has handwarmer pockets and flapped cargo pockets. It has a double breasted cut and as is typical of mackinaw coats produced in the 1930s and prior, this example was made unlined.

Chest (pit to pit): 24″ (doubled = 48″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 20″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 26″
Length (base of collar to hem): 34″

1930s German Stresemann jacket single breasted peak lapel

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271713082718
This vintage jacket was made in Germany in the early 1930s. It has highly positioned, sharply pointed peak lapels, tailored with the lapel sewn to the collar. It has moderately roped shoulders, steeply back-slanted shoulder seams, and widely spaced silk covered buttons, making the lounge jacket cut more formal. The jacket is fully lined with striped sleeve linings.

Chest (pit to pit): 20″ (doubled = 40″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 17″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 26-1/4″
Length (base of collar to hem): 29″

1930s Alpaca Pile overcoat

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271712661944
This vintage coat was made in the 1930s. It is made of 100% Alpaca pile, and would have been very expensive when new. The coat is double breasted with loop closure for the buttons instead of buttonholes, a common feature on fur and sheepskin coats to accommodate the thickness of the material. The coat is fully lined.

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Chest (pit to pit): 24″(doubled = 48″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 18″
Sleeve (shoulder to end of cuff): 26″
Length (Base of collar to hem): 46″

1930s-1940s John David double breasted overcoat

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Spencer Stewart

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271712674846
This vintage overcoat was made in the 1930s-early 1940s by John David of New York. It is double breasted with a 3×6 buttoning and a belted back. The coat is fully lined. It has an Amalgamated Clothing workers of America label, but the way it is stitched, I can’t tell if it is a 1936 or 1939 variant. The styling of the coat points to a pre-war date of manufacture. This is an extremely heavy overcoat.

Chest (pit to pit): 26″ (doubled = 52″)
Shoulder to shoulder: 20″
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 25-1/2″
Length (base of collar to hem): 48″

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