1920s suits

[Two Types]

The Margate pic is great: the two younger men are really well dressed. it's very much the classic British summertime look. it would be interesting to know what theri shoes are. Sometimes when i look at pictures of this era I notice that the white shoes are nothing more than plimsolls.

 

[herringbonekid]

their trousers seem oddly short for wide legged trousers.

 

[AntonAAK]

their trousers seem oddly short for wide legged trousers.

Indeed. They appear to be just one French town.

 

[Two Types]

Good reply!!!!!

 

[cookie]

This is a further episode of the 1920s police negatives hope it works for overseas please tell me.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/li...-city-of-shadows/story-fni0dpm5-1226667392228

 

[herringbonekid]

... hope it works for overseas please tell me.

yes, it works.

...

'The Show Off' 1926:

Bryant Washburn, 1919:

 

[Baron Kurtz]

For folks who want this book without the absurd price tag it currently fetches in the UK/US, visit the historic houses trust website:

http://shop.hht.net.au/Home/Catalogue?productid=7c13e8ad64a0c612

This is a further episode of the 1920s police negatives hope it works for overseas please tell me.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/li...-city-of-shadows/story-fni0dpm5-1226667392228

 

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CROOKS LIKE US
By Peter DOYLE

In the 1920s Sydney police began quietly assembling a gallery of the city's most light-fingered, fleet-footed, silver-tongued rogues and con artists, magsmen, housebreakers, thugs, gunmen, shoplifters, drug dealers, pickpockets and hooligans. These extraordinary images resurfaced in the 1980s, long after the original paperwork had been lost and the crooks, the cops and all who remembered them had passed on. Based on years of research into police files, court records, newspapers and other sources, Crooks like us offers a glimpse into the difficult lives of these fugitive souls and what they did, who they hurt, who hurt them, where they came from and, sometimes, where they ended up. Illustrated with rich, emotionally charged police Special Photography from the Justice & Police Museum, Sydney, Crooks like us opens a secret door onto Sydney's hidden histories.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...hotos-1920s-criminals-arrested-Australia.html

http://www.cracked.com/blog/15-old-photographs-that-prove-world-used-to-be-insane/

 

[Two Types]

HBK: Would you wear that double breasted, 4 patch pocket jacket?

 

[herringbonekid]

TT, i don't think so but i'd give it a go; i think there's too much happening on the front. i think it would work better if the two patch breast pockets were replaced by a single welt.

 

[Jeff Londerée]

Here's an illustration of common early 20s American suits, especially the zouave jobs. It's the Dramatic Order Knights of Kharassan band of which my great grandfather was a member in Charleston, WV. He's the smirky guy with big ears, middle row far right.

 

[mimesis2nemesis]

Wow... Those jackets look really long... and not just by today's standarts!

 

[herringbonekid]

Hyena, did you buy this suit from ebay ?
i've just been looking through photos i saved from ebay and found one that looks identical to your suit... but all crumpled up.

 

[Hyena Stomp]

Hyena, did you buy this suit up from ebay ?
i've just been looking through photos i saved from ebay and found one that looks identical to your suit... but all crumpled up.

Yeah, it came from eBay a little white ago (I think it's been a year already.) It was rough when I got it, but a good dry-cleaning fixed it up.

(I also remember seeing a jacket on ebay, maybe a year ago also, identical in cut and fabric to mine, except instead of a belted back, it had a fancier yoke.

 

[herringbonekid]

your dry cleaner did a very good job of the pressing !

 

[Hyena Stomp]

your dry cleaner did a very good job of the pressing !

Sure did! I had to go to two or three different ones before I found someone able to do it though. So many dry cleaners near me refuse to clean vintage garments.

 

[mimesis2nemesis]

Sure did! I had to go to two or three different ones before I found someone able to do it though. So many dry cleaners near me refuse to clean vintage garments.

Really? Why is that?

 

[Hyena Stomp]

Really? Why is that?

I brought it to a couple of cleaners and they refused to clean it for me. They claimed since it was an antique garment, they didn't want to take responsibility should it be "destroyed" during the dry cleaning process (they basically called it a piece of junk.)

It can be hard finding a good, trustworthy cleaner.

 

[splintercellsz]

I need to take some of my vintage items to the cleaners, but fear having an item destroyed! Congrats on finding one that actually took care and pride in their work, Hyena! Excellent job!

 

[GoldenEraFan]

Bryant Washburn, 1919:

I never knew they made double breasted Norfolk suits! I want one!