Vintage Photos of Leather Jackets

[tmitchell59]

^^^ my dream Californian!

Is that the "surrogate" jacket? Got his cuffs rolled up!

 

[jeo]

Is that the "surrogate" jacket? Got his cuffs rolled up!

It is!

 

[Yamahana]

 

[Yamahana]

Dude has a cool aviator. Looks like leather body with cloth/fabric sleeves

 

[Marvin Berry]

Dude has a cool aviator. Looks like leather body with cloth/fabric sleeves
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[ABCD]

We're having drinks at a bar in Merida Mexico where they're playing vintage American movies on the TV screens.

I'm pretty certain that's a Kit Karson I'm seeing.

 

[Bahabp100]

Post your vintage photos of leather jackets
Let's try (for the most part) to keep this more in the direction of civilian jackets, 1920s-1950s, and as much as possible to keep to higher resolution and first generation images.

1920s/early 1930s?


(Breaking my own rule, but hey, it's a cool photo) D-1 jackets at a hamburger place. 1940s


Delhi, NY, 1940s

 

[barnabus]

 

[barnabus]

 

[barnabus]

Not leather, sadly, but awesome.

 

[tmitchell59]

Fort Worth, 1940. Unusual (to me anyway) 3/4 zip, 1/4 button jacket.

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There may be a zip/button jacket like this on ebay presently.

 

[Tomwiththeweather]

Found this pic of my great uncle Joe, around the end of WWII

 

[BobHufford]

Texas. 1941.

 

[TartuWolf]

I'm pretty sure you folks will appreciate this one as much as I do. Dripping with style.
Do you think a mate would be labeled a "dandy" for dressing this way back then or would it be completely normal and usual?

 

[AeroFan_07]

Many great photos and history) on this page:

https://mayimleathers.com/history-of-leather-jackets-over-the-years/

 

[Jon Crow]

I wonder how expensive was a leather jacket back then compared to income. I'm sure they were not mass produced, wondering how the shops that sell them look like, department store? private brand store (like Langlitz, Schott)? Mail order? Custom made to order (got to be through newspaper and catalogue).

Now it's a mortgage payment haha

 

[BobHufford]

 

[Marvin Berry]

That cuff is looking rough.

 

[BobHufford]

My wife’s Grandad (on the right) in 1950 Kodachrome goodness.

 

[Leigh H]