Vintage Photos of Leather Jackets

[Peter Bowden]

Maybe not vintage but I love this picture

 

[Imuricecreamman]

Maybe not vintage but I love this picture

That's atleast from the 70's. Gregg was one of the best on the planet.

 

[Will Zach]

Maybe not vintage but I love this picture

Nice pic. A quick Google search "gregg allman", hitchhiking gives this:

Same event, different angle?

 

[thor]

Looks like a bunch of A-1 jackets? Photo states it’s 1930; I believe Spaulding Sporting Goods did make leather jackets back in the 1930’s so perhaps they had some commercial copy of the military A-1 and sold them to civilians and sports teams?

 

[Doctor Damage]

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Looks like a bunch of A-1 jackets? Photo states it’s 1930; I believe Spaulding Sporting Goods did make leather jackets back in the 1930’s so perhaps they had some commercial copy of the military A-1 and sold them to civilians and sports teams?

The knit collars seem the wrong shape for A-1 jackets, at least from photos I've seen here and in books. I hope some of our A-1 experts will weigh in.

Incidentally, four players appear to be wearing early Chuck Taylors, which were like Model T's: only available in black.

 

[Marc mndt]

How cool is this little guy's jacket

 

[dudewuttheheck]

Very cool. Looks like it fits well and not oversized.

 

[Doctor Damage]

interesting jacket below (click for larger)... note the wild knits!

 

[Doctor Damage]

Donald B. MacMillan & Robert E. Peary

 

[AeroFan_07]

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Looks like a bunch of A-1 jackets? Photo states it’s 1930; I believe Spaulding Sporting Goods did make leather jackets back in the 1930’s so perhaps they had some commercial copy of the military A-1 and sold them to civilians and sports teams?

So any idea why these fellows have knee pads on?

 

[BobHufford]

15 year old Johnny Carson taken in Norfolk Nebraska 1940

 

[BobHufford]

Navajo Indians from Arizona used for wartime field work, 1944.

 

[tmitchell59]

Campus 1933

 

[Doctor Damage]

screenshot from a short video I just saw on the twitterbox, interesting leather jacket

 

[BobHufford]

Leather and wool on the left?

 

[Marc mndt]

These boys are showing off their Thedi's

 

[Yamahana]

My father on the right in the leather jacket and his brother John with a plane they had built just before the war started. My father was a B-17 tail gunner and completed his tour of 36 missions. John became a Navy Frogman who were the 1st of the Navy SEALS died at Normandy beach on D-Day. Both are hero’s of mine even though I haven’t met my uncle John yet.

 

[Yamahana]

My fathers B-17 crew. He’s the “old guy” @ 28 in the middle of back row.

 

[tmitchell59]

 

[tmitchell59]