What are the chances?

[Mike in Seattle]

You soooooooooooooooooooo need to be on Histories Mysteries or whatever the show was that LizzieMaine was on with the Amos & Andy record with this. At least you'd probably have a definitive answer on it.

 

[Tomasso]

He and I and another friend are looking into more history regarding the label the suit was sold at.

A quick search found a Calmenson Clothing Co. in Watertown (SD), which was in operation at the time in question. That's all I got. [huh]

 

[Mojave Jack]

Wow simply wow

This is gotta be one of the coolest stories of lost history finding it's way to the right people I have read. I anxiously await the results!

That's one of the most interesting aspects to me. There are so many circumstances without which this story could never have come together. What if the guy just ahead of Rob at the store had been that size and thought it was a nice jacket and/or pants? What if Josh had not kept the suit for that long because it was a tad small? What if FM or Josh had passed the suit to a slightly smaller friend that the suit fit better? What if Josh's interests veered more towards the Hollywood set than gangsters? It's such a boggling case of a cosmic alignment!

 

[dman]

They will probably turn this story into the next National Treasure movie. National Treasure: Search for Clyde's Pants.

 

[jamespowers]

National Treasure: Search for Clyde's Pants.

lol lol lol lol lol lol Your killing me.
It actually sounds more like one of those "higher rating" movies.

 

[thunderw21]

Has anything come of this amazing find?

 

[Sydney Loren]

"Clyde Barrow Signature On A 1928 One Dollar"
I'm not going to lie, it looks similar to me, and sorry it won't show up normally.
What an interesting story that is, how exciting would it be if it really were his suit?

 

[Justdog]

Signature

"Clyde Barrow Signature On A 1928 One Dollar"
I'm not going to lie, it looks similar to me, and sorry it won't show up normally.
What an interesting story that is, how exciting would it be if it really were his suit?

Dont want to be a party pooper but the letters are printed. The B is quite different and the other letters on the bill are capital letters. Not sure about the bill. Suit has possibilities.

 

[thunderw21]

Any updates on this suit?

 

[Fletch]

A quick search found a Calmenson Clothing Co. in Watertown (SD), which was in operation at the time in question.

Blanche Barrow's book My Life with Bonnie and Clyde recalls the Barrow gang lamming it thru most of the central US in the summer of 1933, including South Dakota.

I can also confirm that my suit - a later '30s DB without the NRA tag - is of this same material and color. I recognized it immediately!

 

[Marc Chevalier]

What a fantastic --and rare-- diamond weave! :eusa_clap


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[Brad Bowers]

Wow! I'd love to have a suit in that color.

Brad

 

[Chad Sanborn]

So have you learned anything more on this? I am hanging on in suspense!

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Well, if it didn't belong to Clyde Barrow, it might have been Clem Kadiddlehopper's. (See avatar.)





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