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A later version, absent the front piping. One of my best. 1950s
A later version, absent the front piping. One of my best. 1950s
Thanks for nice information.LO=December 1940. This label was registered in 1938, commemorating the completion of the Golden Gate bridge.
This could be the missing label.
Did you post a black Mission Leather some time ago?
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Thanks for nice information.
I thought this was made in later 40s, but
it seems to earlier than I expected.
I posted my mission leather jacket. That was my first post in FL.
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Yes, I found it on an IG account I follow chrishagervintage. Posted back in Dec and sold before that.
He has this really cool “Well Made” Leather Jacket Co. of California. Don’t see this label too often. Don’t know if he still has it or not but you can reach out.
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I speculate that this might be a work of Taubers. I found this cross zip with the same label. There are a few features that resemble Taubers such as the pocket flap, the back, the collar, and the overall profile design.
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The font of the label kinda look similar to 60s Taubers label too, especially the "of" and "CALIFORNIA". And ofc the purple colour.
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I have that same image and others and have speculated the same thing.
There are differences but also a lot of similarities. To me I usually try to assess based on what I can ascertain from the pattern. And the collar shape, especially the bottom lapels on Taubers MC jackets are prettt specific. To me it very well looks like it could be Taubers.
Makers that are close together geographically pretty much copied each other. And there were many in California in that era. There are multiple examples of this. So you can never really know for sure unless you find other connections like labels etc…
Well, I was gonna go and say that if you look at the Well-made cross zip label, they don't stitch the top portion which I see a lot in Taubers jackets.
But then I think about other West Coast makers like you said. Some of them don't stitch the top portion either. LA Sports Tog came to mind. CSC doesn't even stitch the top and the bottom of their label. So that really doesn't say much there.
However, the cross zip just looks and feels like a Taubers.
I don't know about the first one though. Could be somebody else. I think this Well Made label is similar to Durable where a bunch of makers made jackets under it. Not much info on it though.
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‘This Jacket belonged to a retired California Sheriff - Who recently passed at 94’
Top Notched Leather and Cloth
Sportswear - Ralphs Pugh Co. - San Francisco
Sold unfortunately
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1121052119/
omg!1 never seen a Ralphs-Pugh in this color. I'm dying of envy. Who compares with Ralphs-Pugh?
omg!1 never seen a Ralphs-Pugh in this color. I'm dying of envy. Who compares with Ralphs-Pugh?
Thanks for finding these gems!
lol. That seller was banned from a group I belong to on FB that focuses on vintage menswear. Apparently he used the group to gather intel and then likely flings to IG or other media outlets.Seller was in Minnesota. I made him an offer but he didn’t want PayPal so he sold locally for $1400 cash. We may see it listed again for sale on eBay. It looked like a size 38, maybe a small 40.