1930s Striped Tee

1930s "T-Mates" striped tee shirt. Ring knit by Manchester Knitted Fashions. It appears Manchester Knitted Fashions may still be in business in New Hampshire. This beauty is never worn old store stock, a size small. There is some fold lines which we could mitigate if not completely remove at the customer's request. We'll leave it as found to preserve the NOS state. Vintage 1930s Tees are so hard to find. As this one fails to mention sanforization, I suspect it is very early 30s.

19th Century Shopkeepers

I found this old photo in a very old dry goods store on 3rd and Market st in Philadelphia.

This is not the store in the photo, perhaps one of their wholesale customers out West? 

The guy on the far left has what look like Stifel indigo fabric sleeves to protect his white shirt underneath. Another fellow to the right has plainer ones as well. You can see they buttoned to the white shirt at the top.

Vintage 1930s Mickey Mouse Wool Cap

I found this in a fantastic old store In Philly. Two buildings, three floors of clothing, the newest stuff was from the 1960s. Stretched back to the 30s. This hat is wool knit and bares a tag from the "Honey Hat Co." The hang tag is now gone-if it had one. Perhaps the oldest Disney clothing piece i've seen.

Celebration In Honor of Al Schmid "Pride of the Marines", 1943

A 1943 celebration in honor of Al Schmid who was blinded by a grenade at the battle of Alligator Creek on Guadalcanal. The battle was depicted in Tom Hank's Miniseries "The Pacific" Al was one of the Machine gunners on the front line. He continued to fire even after being blinded with direction from an injured friend.  This ceremony was at Rayburn Plaza in Philadelphia.  This crowd shot is a photo I found among a large collection by a avid amateur photographer and office clerk.

Turn of the Century Union Suit

Found this wonderful light weight summer union suit in an old suit case we had in the warehouse. I'm not sure where we acquired it, I guess they were with a large group of things and I didn't notice it. The fabric is a wonderful crisp cotton with a super tiny houndstooth check. The checks are indigo blue. The construction is both hand stitching and machine. A very simple machine btw. The tailored worked buttonholes were overcast by hand. There are pleats on the outside of each leg.

1940s Men's Sportswear

This is a really cool store display for Rugby Brand men's sportswear. When you find Rugby items, they are usually really nice vintage clothing items. Always well made and usually a bold design. This is a semi translucent card-stock, I am not sure whether its been waxed or plasticized somehow. It was used in a deep frame that was illuminated. Sadly the frame was missing when i found this pinned to the wall in a very old store. The store owner described for me how it originally was displayed.

Spear and Company Pittsburgh

A page from their " 75th Semi-Annual All Star Value Sale" Catalogue. My guess is late 1920s early 1930s.