Vintage Workwear

[Metatron]

I love it when someone can pull off a bow-tie with a casual look. This old workwear is perfect for that, tailored elements combined with a rough fabric.

 

[dh66]

That is a good looking get-up Dostioffsky! Well done!

 

[Dinerman]

I love it when someone can pull off a bow-tie with a casual look. This old workwear is perfect for that, tailored elements combined with a rough fabric.

Bow ties were fairly popular with workwear as they didn't drag in what you were doing. Every now and again you see rubber or leather ones pop up that were (generally) part of gas station attendant uniforms, as they didn't stain.

 

[Dostioffsky]

Thanks all!

Interesting about those gas station bow ties!

 

[Metatron]

Bow ties were fairly popular with workwear as they didn't drag in what you were doing. Every now and again you see rubber or leather ones pop up that were (generally) part of gas station attendant uniforms, as they didn't stain.

Like this? I believe these are a couple of gas-station attendants which helped solve the Lindbergh kidnapping case.
Kind of cheesy looking clip on. But it has some charm.

 

[Two Types]

The bloke on the right reminds me of Ron Mael:

 

[BobHufford]

Bumping the thread ...

1943, Section workers on a job in the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad yard, between Clovis and Vaughn, New Mexico.
Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives

 

[BobHufford]

1943 -- Clovis, New Mexico. Women employed at the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad yard to clean out the potash jars.

 

[BobHufford]

1943 -- Iden, New Mexico. A.E. Janes, foreman of a section crew working on the track in the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad yard



Thoreau, New Mexico. Conductor C.W. Tevis, with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad for thirty-two years



Gallup, New Mexico. Clyde Trujillo, eighteen-year-old Indian worker who has been employed in the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad car shops for four months



Gallup, New Mexico. Ben Acory, an Indian worker employed at the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad car shops



Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad. Brakeman L.E. Capsey preparing a meal in the caboose enroute to Gallup, New Mexico



Texico, New Mexico. Conductor E.K. Hill about to get off the caboose as an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe train pulls into a siding

 

[BobHufford]

Belen, New Mexico. A brakeman on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad C.G. Kirkland getting off the caboose



Conductor E.K. Hill of Amarillo, Texas, on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Amarillo, Texas and Clovis, New Mexico

 

[BobHufford]

"Out of work"-wear.

1939 -- Evicted sharecroppers, New Madrid County, Missouri.

 

[herringbonekid]

the extension neckband (now commonly referred to as 'chin strap') is a common feature on vintage work shirts and repro versions, but what exactly is the point of it ?

it doesn't offer a tighter / looser alternative to the existing top button, plus it's hidden when the collar is down.

is it just a 'two buttons are stronger than one' deal ?

 

[Dinerman]

Took a picture of this in an abandoned mining cabin this weekend. The rest was cut up and chinking the logs.

 

[herringbonekid]

you could sell that on ebay as 'distressed work shirt'.

 

[Boinciel]

you could sell that on ebay as 'distressed work shirt'.

Make sure you throw some unrelated cloth scraps into the lot and label it as PATCHWORK and HOBO to raise the price.

 

[BobHufford]

Took a picture of this in an abandoned mining cabin this weekend. The rest was cut up and chinking the logs.

I expect to see a reproduction out of Japan based on this scrap alone.

Bob

 

[Two Types]

the extension neckband (now commonly referred to as 'chin strap') is a common feature on vintage work shirts and repro versions, but what exactly is the point of it ?

it doesn't offer a tighter / looser alternative to the existing top button, plus it's hidden when the collar is down.

is it just a 'two buttons are stronger than one' deal ?

I can only guess that if you fix the strap to the first button, the you have a shirt that is still closed but that allows for either:
extra ventilation without allowing the collar to flap around, or
room for a scarf/jumper/neckerchief to be worn comfortably under the shirt.

 

[herringbonekid]

I can only guess that if you fix the strap to the first button, the you have a shirt that is still closed but that allows for either:
extra ventilation without allowing the collar to flap around, or room for a scarf/jumper/neckerchief to be worn comfortably under the shirt.

could be. i'd be interested to see any ads or catalogue copy which mentions the feature. vintage ads usually aren't shy when it comes to trumpeting their own design features.

 

[Metatron]

I am also curious about this. I like it as a detail but am not entirely clear on it's original purpose.

 

[dh66]

I can only guess that if you fix the strap to the first button, the you have a shirt that is still closed but that allows for either:
extra ventilation without allowing the collar to flap around, or
room for a scarf/jumper/neckerchief to be worn comfortably under the shirt.

Most reasonable explanation.
Loosen the collar without having it open. Makes sense.