Vintage Photos of Leather Jackets

[buler]

Texas, 1950. Denim and leather.

 

[buler]

Fort Worth, 1940. Unusual (to me anyway) 3/4 zip, 1/4 button jacket.

 

[RiteStuffBryan]

Never one to be outdone!

Ft. Worth, late 30s or early 40s, Sears Hercules?

 

[RiteStuffBryan]

Ft. Worth, late 30s or early 40s, spot the lucky rabbit’s foot:

 

[Jasonissm]

G. Warren Shufelt wearing a cossack from 1934-35

That is apparently an "X-ray device"

George Warren Shufelt, in leather jacket and tie, seated on folding stool, hat near feet, operating cylindrical, tripod-mounted radio X-ray device in search of gold and archaeological finds, on rocky area with houses in background

 

[buler]

Mexican airmen being trained by US Navy. How about leather coveralls.

Crew of an army bomber, 1929.

 

[RiteStuffBryan]

The zipper front at the shins!

Varsity jackets anyone?

 

[buler]

No date or info given.

 

[buler]

Another with no detail.

 

[RiteStuffBryan]

Colorized some photos of grizzly jackets:

 

[Imuricecreamman]

Colorized some photos of grizzly jackets:

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Great job, Bryan! Never seen these before.

 

[RiteStuffBryan]

Colorized two photos of leather car coats:

 

[RiteStuffBryan]

Cop jackets, colorized, all in LA circa 1937:

 

[Imuricecreamman]

Cop jackets, colorized, all in LA circa 1937:

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Thanks for these, Bryan. Some of the coolest photos I've seen in a long time!

 

[Will Zach]

Thanks for these, Bryan. Some of the coolest photos I've seen in a long time!

Nice colorization work, Bryan.

 

[RiteStuffBryan]

Thanks guys!

Here’s a couple more, detective’s son, LA, 1936:

 

[ChewingWax]

From the N.Y. Times last week. First Lt. William B. Montgomery, front row, second from right, with other members of the U.S. Army Air Forces. He piloted a B-24 Liberator that was struck by antiaircraft fire while on a mission to bomb an airfield near the German-occupied Paris.

 

[ABCD]

From the N.Y. Times last week. First Lt. William B. Montgomery, front row, second from right, with other members of the U.S. Army Air Forces. He piloted a B-24 Liberator that was struck by antiaircraft fire while on a mission to bomb an airfield near the German-occupied Paris.

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That's the Artic B7 on the left, quite a rare jacket.

 

[ChewingWax]

That's the Artic B7 on the left, quite a rare jacket.

I was wondering what that one was. Thanks.

 

[Leigh H]

'Original LAPD Motorcycle Jacket, Los Angeles 1948 - Manufactured by Star Glove & Safety'