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With that collar, I think that it's a 37J1 (Naval jacket).
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Amazing vintage photo of various jackets at once
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With that collar, I think that it's a 37J1 (Naval jacket).
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What sort of leather were these made of?
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From "Freedom of Speech” study by Norman Rockwell ~ 1942
a plaid shirt and a leather bomber jacket standing
up at what looks like a town meeting.
a plaid shirt and a leather bomber jacket standing
up at what looks like a town meeting.
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From "Freedom of Speech” study by Norman Rockwell ~ 1942
a plaid shirt and a leather bomber jacket standing
up at what looks like a town meeting.
God I love Rockwell's work. While my taste in art usually steers more towards impressionists, my day in the Rockwell museum was one of my single best museum days. Ok, back to jackets now.
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Rockwell is fantastic. I don't understand this need art 'critics' have to put his work down... What makes the painting above any more kitsch than Nighthawks? Or Mona Lisa.
Can anyone ID this jacket? It's kinda cool!
Can anyone ID this jacket? It's kinda cool!
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It looks kind of like this Kit Carson on ebay. I'm sure someone here knows the model.
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These photos show really well just how short people preferred their jackets. Those are some seriously high waist jeans everyone's wearing, yet their jackets are falling just at the belt line. Ditto for that one A-2. Provided this isn't some elaborate hipster gathering, of course...
These photos show really well just how short people preferred their jackets. Those are some seriously high waist jeans everyone's wearing, yet their jackets are falling just at the belt line. Ditto for that one A-2. Provided this isn't some elaborate hipster gathering, of course...
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It looks like it. The jackets in the photo were probably leftovers, or belonged to the people in the picture during WWII. My guess is most of the guys have returned from the war. Could be late 40s?
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I'm aware of the Bedford cord version, I had the capeskin version in mind (http://www.ebay.com/itm/301678727770?var=&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649) or this one (http://www.superdenim.com/the-real-...y/the-real-mccoy-s-37j1-calf-skin-jacket.html), but there has been some discussion about whether it was originally modelled on a private purchase jacket. The original bore no label.
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"Freedom of Speech came first & did not come easily.
It turned out to be a harrowing ordeal that took two months to complete.
The speaker is dressed casually, in the clothes of a laborer. He wears a blue-
and black plaid flannel shirt, unzipped a few inches to expose his neck, and
over that a suede jacket."
from:
American Mirror
The Life & Art of NORMAN ROCKWELL
by Deborah Solomon
If I remember correctly these photos were taken for Life in '55 or '56 at El Mirage Dry Lake. I've seen the photos many times but 99% of the time there is no caption or credit but I think just once I saw the above info given.
Some of you will probably know that the purple car in the first photo posted is made from the 'belly tank' of a WWII plane. Quite a few of these tanks ended up as dry lake racers after the war.
Some of you will probably know that the purple car in the first photo posted is made from the 'belly tank' of a WWII plane. Quite a few of these tanks ended up as dry lake racers after the war.
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The 'Freedom of Speech' jacket is most likely a civilian suede blouson. A style that has been almost constantly in fashion and in production from the early 20th Century right up until today. This style was definitely the inspiration for the various military jackets to follow.
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Rockwell always blows me away. To think he never regarded himself as an artist, he always said he was an illustrator. My favourite of his work is " The Problem We All Live With" when I first saw a copy of it I honestly thought it was a photograph.
