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Vintage Workwear

thunderw21

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I think these work trousers fit into this thread.

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Griemersma

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Denim and workwear reference pictures

If you're interested, I just made a flickr set of vintage pictures of common folks, students, blue collar workers, etc. all with a focus on workwear and denim. The pictures are collected from various sources all over the net, so you have probably seen some of them before. Anyhow, here's the link:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35385092@N03/sets/72157613806406142/
 

Flitcraft

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Wow!...

Thanks for doing that! Very helpful!
Of course, now I'm suffering from another bout of denim envy!...;)
 

Jay

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Thanks a lot for taking the time to make such a wonderful set of pictures. There's a lot of good reference material here.
 

Luke 42

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mike said:
don't know if this is connected enough or not, but I bought this Frankie Darro 1933 still from Wild Boys of the Road by William Wellman and thought I'd share the high resolution of the scan...
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These trouser remind me a bit of what carpenters (and some other craftsman I think) wear in Germany when they are on the "Walz". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journeyman You still see occasionally some young men doing this:)

http://www.kolpingsfamilie-rheine-zentral.de/files/images/Walz3_0_0.jpg
 

thunderw21

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1950s military-style workshirt. Gas station attendant shirt?

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That patent number was given in June, 1951 for an adhesive applicator.
 

Wolfmanjack

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Leather bow tie

Here is a classic item of workwear. As a kid growing up in the '40s, I had a bus driver who wore a little leather bow tie on his khaki work shirt. These were actually fairly common; usually worn by workingmen who had considerable contact with the public and wanted to look good, e.g., gas station attendants, delivery truck drivers, surveyors, linemen and foremen of work crews.

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This is Brace Gilson, the Atlantic Weatherman, who presented his forecasts in full Atlantic Oil station attendant uniform: replete with uniform shirt, visored cap and leather bow tie, on WNHC-TV in New Haven, CT.

Here's a curious note: You can still buy 'em. They're much in favor with the leather & latex crowd.
 

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