Canadian Coats, 1920-1921

[Two Types]

These come from the Eatons mail order catalogue for 1920-1921:

 

[Two Types]

 

[herringbonekid]

dog skin ???

 

[Fastuni]

Made of China Dog. ^^

 

[ButteMT61]

Made of China Dog. ^^

Supposedly so were wearily flight jackets.

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

Different Era animals where thought on differently. Hey we wear beavers on our head's>

 

[KILO NOVEMBER]

I never had a pet beaver who would come when I called and wag his tail.

 

[ButteMT61]

Different Era animals where thought on differently. Hey we wear beavers on our head's>

Different how??? :eeek:

 

[Rudie]

These were probably no pet dogs but work dogs. Think huskies and malamutes, not poodles.

 

[majormajor]

These were probably no pet dogs but work dogs. Think huskies and malamutes, not poodles.

A friend of mine has a malamute/alsatian cross. It is the biggest dog I have ever seen! He weighs around 150lbs.....and his fur is VERY thick.

But I really don't think my friend would be happy to think of someone wearing his best friend as a coat!:eeek:

BTW, great pics - I guess it is cold most of the time in Canada (I've felt the wind blowing up Yonge Street in winter!:eeek

 

[Two Types]

I don't know about cold all the time in Canada: last time I was there it was 30 degrees! The time before that it was minus 30!! I could have done with a dog fur coat that time.

 

[Stanley Doble]

Ha ha Yonge Street, that's the banana belt.

Try downtown Winnipeg, Portage and Main, 50 below. The wind chill factor brings it down close to absolute zero lol.

Neil Young and Randy Bachman rock out on Prairie Town.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVgjD8wdNzo

 

[Two Types]

One of my old school friends is living in Canada now. He is a carpenter making housing for oil sands workers in the far north (up above Grand Prairie, Alberta?). He said it's not much fun trying to work outdoors! He sent me a Xmas card with the words 'Let it snow' on the front. He'd written inside 'for god's sake make it stop snowing!' He needs a dog skin coat.

 

[Stanley Doble]

One of my old school friends is living in Canada now. He is a carpenter making housing for oil sands workers in the far north (up above Grand Prairie, Alberta?). He said it's not much fun trying to work outdoors! He sent me a Xmas card with the words 'Let it snow' on the front. He'd written inside 'for god's sake make it stop snowing!' He needs a dog skin coat.

Spring is coming, it will probably stop snowing in May or June at the latest.

What kills me is, he is on about the same latitude as Newcastle upon Tyne. Where I live (Cobourg Ontario) is the same latitude as Monaco. Ottawa which dukes it out with Moscow for the world's coldest national capital, is on the same latitude as Venice. What a ripoff. Where's this global warming they keep promising?

 

[Sir Jacket]

Made of China Dog. ^^

Barking!

SJ

 

[Don Tomaso]

Spring is coming, it will probably stop snowing in May or June at the latest.

What kills me is, he is on about the same latitude as Newcastle upon Tyne. Where I live (Cobourg Ontario) is the same latitude as Monaco. Ottawa which dukes it out with Moscow for the world's coldest national capital, is on the same latitude as Venice. What a ripoff. Where's this global warming they keep promising?

The gulf stream is a nice thing to have

 

[Bunyip]

Very dapper. A sign of the times I guess....women not allowed in public bars, whites only golf clubs, dog skin jackets.....times have changed.

 

[Stanley Doble]

The gulf stream is a nice thing to have

The Gulf Stream flows past the maritime provinces of Canada before it gets near Europe. St John's Newfoundland is on the same latitude as Paris so why doesn't it have the same climate?

 

[L'Onset]

St John's Newfoundland is bathed by the Labrador stream, directly coming from Greenland, bringing icebergs southwards (ask the skipper at the Titanic). Labrador stream finally blends into the Gulf Stream, well south of NY coast.

 

[Doctor Damage]

Where's this global warming they keep promising?

We don't want it because there'd be no reason to buy outerwear and hats!

(Also, we can do without the poisonous snakes and bugs and zombies moving northwards with the warm weather.)