Show your NRA (National Recovery Act) branded items!

[Miss Hattie]

How interesting I was quite ignorant of the NRA stuff until I stumbled across this thread (All have permission to slap my hand!) I learn something new every time I visit the lounge….. don’t think I have any bits’n bobs with the mark on though. Having said that I have plenty of the British 40’s/early 50’s CC41 control mark. Maybe that could be a new thread? I certainly could contribute then!

 

[Lady Day]

Great items all! I know people out there have more.

I got these for 99¢
The NRA label is a sticker.

Another button.

LD

 

[Dagwood]

A tie - I put it on a piece of paper so it would stand out. NRA tag is literally hanging by a thread.

 

[Lady Day]

11"x14" window poster. Im gonna get a darker frame for it soon.

Keep 'em commin' people!

LD

 

[Lady Day]

Great stuff everyone!

My goal has been to find NRA items under $10.

This was $5 Once it airs out, Im going to use it to store my hankies.

LD

 

[Forgotten Man]

11"x14" window poster. Im gonna get a darker frame for it soon.

Keep 'em commin' people!

LD

You know, I think it looks great in that frame... looks 30s! I'd leave it if it were up to me.

 

[The Wolf]

Is this vintage? Check the lower left corner.

By wolfmysteries at 2008-11-10

I remember when I saw this in the comic store and remarked a loud "Wow, the NRA symbol!". The person working looked confused. For clarification I said "You know, the National Recovery Act." More confusion. I shut up and paid my money and went home with the comic.

Sincerely,
The Wolf

 

[Lady Day]

Cool, an homage to the time
Yay comics!


LD

 

[jtcarrey]

I have a few things, but no pictures of them, only of my pattern book:

I'll be getting some 30's patterns in the mail soon, probably from the NRA time period but they're from Austrailia, so I'm sure they won't have NRA symbols on them...

 

[Miss Sis]

The Australian things definitely won't have the NRA symbol. It was only an American thing.

I still haven't taken pictures of my NRA stuff! I'm so rubbish..... but I will do it.....eventually.

 

[Lady Day]

Yeah Miss Sis, 'do your part'

Another pattern.

This almost went unbid-ed (new word), the seller didnt list the NRA insignia. But I got it, after a bit of a bid off with another bidder.

Dont stand in my way on patterns!

LD

 

[Lauren]

Wow! That tux is something! I've seen other tuxes that are NRA but, never a shawl collar job like that... and they seem to be a little narrow for the period... just goes to show that the more you know about an era's fashion, the less you know about the era's fashion! lol

Ditto that! I found one that was double breasted once with clear suspenders that I sold to a friend, but I saw a tux like the one above at an antique show this last weekend that was late 19-teens. Maybe it was made for an older gentleman? Never know! I've seen lots of 30s fashions mimicking edwardian stylings.

I should probably take pics of my NRA stuff. But I'm lazy. Maybe this weekend... Usually I just look for 30s stuff and when it comes with an NRA logo I get a happy surprise

Pattern above is cute- I have one almost identical from 1934, but it's from McCall and they didn't print NRA insignia on their patterns- I think only Simplicity and Mail Order companies did- the others usually printed it on their pattern hand outs.

 

[Imahomer]

What a cool thread, although I don't physically own anything with the markings, I know I've seen it here and there.

 

[Miss Sis]

Yes, LD, I WILL 'do my part' - soon. I need to take some pics in daylight to get the best pics and I'm never home during the day. Even the weekend weather is conspiring against me. Curses! (shakes fist to the sky). I like your pattern. It's a nice housedress, a sort of pattern I don't have.

Lauren, I'm the same. Don't particularly look out NRA or CC41 (British) items but it's a handy dating tool if something has it. I too just have an obsession with all things 1930s!

Liking seeing everyone's NRA stuff.

 

[Burnsie]

Levi's recently reissued their 1933 model jeans - complete with NRA tag! Nice attention to detail:

 

[Lady Day]

Cool jeans, did you pick up a pair?

I got this bias tape for $3. Oh the guarantees they put on items back then.

LD

 

[mike]

I'll have to take some pictures, but I have an NRA original armband, a lapel pin, a tagged pink & black tie and a newspaper centerfold poster of Charlie Chaplin reunited with Jackie Coogan 10 years after their film, THE KID (the poster has an NRA logo in the bottom left corner)

 

[Burnsie]

Cool jeans, did you pick up a pair?
LD

Yep - those are mine, actually...see, I do my part!

 

[Inky]

Dating NRA Labels

Hello all! It's fascinating to see these items with their NRA labels and markings. I've learned so much from FL!

I purchased a clutch-style coat recently and I was wondering how you can tell what era it is from based on the NRA label. Sadly this is the best photo of one side of the label I could get today.

One side has a round seal that says "National Recovery Board" with "Coat and Suit Industry" in the center, and the numbers 119409.

The other side of the label (and I couldn't get a good shot of that at all) says "Consumer Protection Label," with a small rectangle with "PFG" inside it and below that is "Manufactured Under Fair Labor Standards."

Here is the coat and the manufacturer's label:

Edited to add: I just found a better picture of a similar label at the Vintage Fashion Guild. They state this label was in use from the mid 1930's to the mid 1960's, but the labels posted in this thread are different with the eagle.

Any and all info always appreciated - help me learn

 

[Lady Day]

The NRA label with the eagle is specifically datable from 1933-1935.

Anything pre or post, go by the union tag numbers, the manufacture or even by the style of the garment.

LD