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Crown Zipper's Wartime Innovations 26 Aug 2013 | 06:54 pm
Crown zippers switched over the bulk of their production to military applications early on in the war. Their collaboration with the armed forces for specialized applications led to many breakthroughs ...
The Russian Vest 25 Aug 2013 | 11:07 pm
The Frederick H. Sprague Company of Orange, Massachusetts began producing the "Sprague Russian Vest" in 1895. Originally made in wool with a "textile buckskin" interlining for wind resistance, they we...
Guiterman Bros. Leather Jackets 19 Aug 2013 | 07:23 pm
Guiterman Brothers was founded in 1883 and incorporated in 1904. They began using the Summit "Town & Country" name in 1904. In the early 1910s, Guiterman Brothers pioneered the attached soft collared ...
Carter & Churchill Co., Lebanon, NH 18 Aug 2013 | 05:05 am
Carter and Churchill was founded in 1869 by William S. Carter, after leaving his uncle's company, H.W. Carter & Sons. He was joined by Frank C. Churchill (former salesman for HW Carter), who would com...
The H.B. Glover Company, Dubuque, Iowa 16 Aug 2013 | 07:38 am
The H.B. Glover Company was founded in Dubuque, Iowa in 1857. They grew rapidly from the 1870s through to the turn of the century. Early on, the company was known for their Pajamas, but they quickly a...
A.T. Hendrick Leather Jackets 14 Aug 2013 | 08:41 am
It interests me how many manufacturers of jackets there were at one point, from the big factories right down to one man operations. Here's the brief story of one of the latter. Allie T. Hendricks was...
Spring is Coming: Kensington Market and the Joy of Vintage 16 Nov 2012 | 02:12 am
The best part about where I live is the beauty of my neighbourhood. Toronto is a very walkable city, and I live in Chinatown and Kensington Market! I have lived here for almost 20 years in the same ...
Locavoirs, Leather and Mindfulness.... 23 May 2012 | 02:34 am
Part of the great struggle of both the vintage leather business and the new leather business is that of ethics. Mindfulness is that process of becoming aware of the self and seeing all things as int...
Locavoirs, Leather and Mindfulness.... 22 May 2012 | 07:35 pm
Part of the great struggle of both the vintage leather business and the new leather business is that of ethics. Mindfulness is that process of becoming aware of the self and seeing all things as int...
Wool, Leather, and Canvass: Spring is Coming 3 Mar 2012 | 07:55 am
Well the winter never really came this year. I am behind on my posting. I really feel badly about it but my Himel Brothers brand has been eating up all my time. I am making a quick post to celebr...
