Basic information about the founder, family and company was posted on vintageleatherjackets forum
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Aaron Pritzker (1869-?) was born in russian empire and came to Boston in 1885. He married in 1897 to German-born Nettie Bergman (1874-?).
They had three sons: Benjamin Morris (1899-1948)...
I saw two variants of company name on the tags, “A.Pritzker Co” and “A.Pritzker & Sons Inc.” also early name is “A.Pritzker Company of Boston”
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Company had military contracts and military jackets are more well-known than civilian products.
So, here I’ll post everything that I managed to find on...
Just find this jacket, was made in 1929?(hard to read stamp), October 3.
“The Jacket Shop” on stamp, no info in google
Also noticed, looks like jacket was dyed after sewing
New info about Bay River
Found on eBay another suede vest, it had a care tag with RN number.
RN 37354
So, all what I found in RN Database
Not huge, but little more, than we had before.
And, I found date calculator for RN number, they said, Bay River was registered in 1968
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Upd.
Update
Steve McQeen in TV show “WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE” 1958-61
Cody Rancher probably
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Also, here other Rancher style jacket(if I not mistake), with different collar design, lined
Found they FB page, It says they're closed in 2019
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In catalogs, what you found, shows this Rancher style jackets, but I can’t find real photos by now
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Also here logo of another brand that made the jackets, so I think they ordered some of the range from other companies
“CHRIS LINE Originals”
JO-O-KAY
Honestly, I didn't think that I would be able to find a new brand from the "rancher" family, but I happened to see this vest, and I noticed the square pockets, although they have a single seam
But further searches turned out to be successful, these jackets also have a double seam, the...
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