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  1. David Conwill

    Vintage Camping Equipment

    I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Civil War reenactor resources. Seems like a lot of that equipment was still around in the early twentieth century and served as patterns for quite a bit of the civilian camping gear from the era as well. -Dave
  2. David Conwill

    Post New Hats Here!

    I have one as well, it came as a package with a fedora that ended up being 1/4" too small. It's as nice a hat as I've ever owned, the felt is nicer than on my 1960s Stetson 3x Beaver Selv-Edge "Candidate" and about equivalent to the Resistol Melorol that came with it. A solidly middle-class...
  3. David Conwill

    Most amazing store I've visited in a long time...

    Sounds like more fun than my local pen shop, their other line is electric shavers! -Dave
  4. David Conwill

    Bow Ties

    Certainly makes me feel considerably better about having a seersucker bowtie! -Dave
  5. David Conwill

    Post New Hats Here!

    It is indeed a black sweat. Were they using those in 1960? I had always thought they came in sometime in the middle of that decade. Still, I like that "The Candidate" and it somehow seems appropriate given that this is an election year. I tried several times to get a good shot of the logo...
  7. David Conwill

    Post New Hats Here!

    Thrift-Store Stetson Selv-Edge Thursday afternoon my wife called me from the thrift store to tell me she'd found an old felt Stetson there in 7 1/2. Now I'm a 7 3/8 but I didn't hesitate because big sizes are so unusual around here. I especially told her to grab it when she told me it said...
  8. David Conwill

    Idlewild New 1930s musical

    You know, I really wanted to see this movie when it came out, but I'm not sure it ever made a theatrical release around me. Of course, that was right around the time I started law school, so I might have just been too busy. Up near Baldwin, in Lake County there was an African-American resort...
  9. David Conwill

    Show us your vintage home!

    Wow, that looks great. I'll bet your neighbors are thrilled to have someone improving the look of that place. The color change alone did away with the "rental" look. Gosh how I hate neutrals. -Dave
  10. David Conwill

    Really dont adapt well to this age.

    Should have gone that way in the first place. Better to arrive at your destination safe and sane. Old highways are the only way to travel. -Dave
  11. David Conwill

    Golden-Era Hot-Rodding

    I don't know about that, but Wally Parks claimed to have a V8/60 powered Jeep in the Philippines during the War. As for hot rodding in the midwest, it absolutely existed here, but we didn't do the straight-line stuff. Mostly our hot rods were raced on former horsetracks - the genesis of...
  13. David Conwill

    Baseball cap cloth

    What? No blue or gray forage cap?? -Dave
  14. David Conwill

    America Calling - Civilian Defense Reenacting

    As my favorite history prof was fond of saying "Not too many German bombers made it through to Saginaw." But, I'm sure our British friends can explain the important contributions of the Air Raid Warden closer to the front. My mother's father was one - he couldn't otherwise serve because of his...
  15. David Conwill

    Baseball cap cloth

    I actually think modern baseball caps may be intended to fade out. Just like old-style Madras plaid items, the more washed out, bled and ragged a ball cap looks, the cooler it is. Unless you're a hip hop artist or somesuch, of course, then you aren't even supposed to curve the bill. (I've...
  16. David Conwill

    The B-3 appreciation society …

    No jacket... ...anymore. Have I told you that particular tragic story? My grandfather wore a B-3 all through the war (ground crew officer in a P-47 squadron in the ETO). The jacket was one of the few things he kept from the war. The back split apart sometime in the '90s and my dad THREW IT...
  17. David Conwill

    Long Way from 1957 Chevy

    Hmm, now I'm thinking about this. If I can just find a place to make bespoke umbrellas and handbags, I can offer my wife the LaFemme option for any car! -Dave
  19. David Conwill

    New Look to an Old Hat

    A very handsome hat. In a book around here I have a few advertisements from 1952 for the Hat Corporation of America (You know the ones - "As healthy as they're handsome.") and a few of the illustrated hats are felts with striped ribbons. It's a nice look, and sort of dresses down the hat a...
  20. David Conwill

    Long Way from 1957 Chevy

    Ahh, the Dodge LaFemme. My wife would love one, but my understanding is that even in 1956, most women found the concept somewhat insulting. -Dave
  21. David Conwill

    favorite cars of the golden era

    Acknowledging that I'm bringing up something that was discussed a while ago, I have to add to the Model A/Model B discussion. A '32 Ford with a V8 is a Model 18. Only 4-cylinder cars are Model Bs. Common mistake, but I have to correct it whenever I see it being made. -Dave
  22. David Conwill

    Long Way from 1957 Chevy

    Much as I like the '55 Chevy, I don't think that it can be considered the first modern (meaning envelope bodied, I presume) car. Probably something more along the lines of the '47 Studebaker, '48 Hudson, '46 Kaiser line, '48 Olds "Futuramic" 98, or the "shoebox" '49 Ford. What immediately...
  23. David Conwill

    Any "new" old radios out there in Fedoraville?

    I think that's a "Magic Eye." I was told once that it means the radio is warmed up. -Dave

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