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Cooler weather is a huge relief. It's been brutal! Pearls Vtg reversible denim vest Mister Freedom Speed Safe tee Thrifted embroidered leather belt Wide Selvedge 4.5 months Vtg ACME

*Vtg The Rat Hole/Big Daddy Rat (Fink) Tee *Vtg studded leather belt *Blanket pin *Bronson MFG 1936 Lee Cowboy repro buckleback jeans *Vtg Tony Lama Black Label cowboy boots w/ Vibram work soles

Two sided "The Rats Hole" Custom Chopper Show '87 single stitch T shirt with bootleg Big Daddy Rat "Fink" on a MIUSA 50/50 Screen Stars medium. Perfect fit and fade, with amazing weird graphics, multiple fonts and a subject matter to make the strs nervous. And that back hit is so good. Perfect 10/10. No notes.

Same old everything. The T shirt has one of those sparkly iron ons that were everywhere after Superman '78 came out. Jeans are nearing 4 months. Cut my hair the next day.

A hot and sweaty 94°f /34°c last Saturday while exploring the Old Joliet Prison (Blues Brothers, Prison Break). Rag&Bone sunglasses Vintage Santa Fe Speedway Tee Painted belt 1990 501 Laredo beaters Vintage parasol (not an umbrella!)

Paging @Dr_Heech July 12th, 2002, Chicago Illinois. I had just seen The White Stripes at Cabaret Metro in Chicago and I was high on life and I noticed some young punk out front was wearing a faded two sided vintage Scientifically Treated Petroleum t shirt. In 2002 The White Stripes had just began their meteoric rise to super stardom and I had just seen the greatest live rock and roll show of my life. The crowd was buzzing. We all knew we had just witnessed greatness. Seven Nation Army would come out the following year and for a brief time TWS would become the biggest band on the planet. And it would decades before Jack White would return to the Metro. Without hesitation I asked him how much he wanted for the t shirt. You see years earlier I had become enamored with the STP logo because my grandfather wore a quilted blue winter puffer coat that had some patches on it. Like many folks from his generation he kept everything until it was used and in tatters. This jacket was faded and dirty and I loved it. My grandma HATED it and that just made it more valuable to me. The punk kid said $5. I gave him a ten dollar bill. He took it right off his back and walked off. It became a reminder of that great night of music and it helped that STP was a nice abbreviation of STRIPES. (It also became the night I bounced my drunken best friend from the bar next door which led to him deciding to get sober but that's a different story.) Fast forward two decades and I found two NOS in mint condition on Velva Sheen tees for sale. They had lower quality transfers instead of the beautiful discharge print my OG had but the tees themselves were identical so obviously I couldn't pass them up. One has about a half dozen wears and the other is staying fresh for now. You can see the difference between the prints below: All three shirts together below. You can see how much the transfer on the newer shirt has degraded with just two washes. The OG shirt below. Those pit stains need attention and OXY. Paper thin And the newer shirt. All of the tees are printed on 60s/70s era Velva Sheen. Back print comparison

Yesterday's pre 4th fit. All vintage, all made in U.S.A. Destroyed bandana 1970s Velva Sheen STP tee Painted leather belt 1990 Levis 501 1960s ACME boots Happy Independence Day.

*Vtg 1970s Ma Bell Union Strike T Shirt *Bronson Lee 1936 101b Cowboy buckleback repro *Antique Cowboy boots 1925- 1930 unknown maker Last photo is from a picket line 1971. Fuck greedy corporations and mf AT&T. More info in the T shirt thread.

"Ma Bell, got the ill communications Ma Bell, got the ill communications Ma Bell, got the ill communications" -The Beastie Boys Been after one of these for a minute. Scarce but not terribly rare MA BELL strike tee, 1971 In July of 1971 workers at Southern Bell (a part of AT&T) went on strike and countless t shirts, pins, flyers, patches etc were made in various designs. This would continue well into the 90s as workers kept pushing back against massive technological change. There would be later strikes (notably in 1983) so this tee could be a from a little more recent history but the single stitch sleeves and hem as well as the simple paper tag seem to confirm the early 70s. Just a reminder: fuck monopolistic greedy corporations and support your fellow worker. Class warfare is an ugly beast and we need more class unity. Too many working class folks are cheering for their own destruction these days.

Old bandana Mister Freedom Speed Kills t Shirt and denim drawstring bag. ( both Dad's Day Gifts) Old belt New jeans about 90 days wear. ACME Phoenix boots

This page is out of control. Excellent stuff everyone. My dad and I got the chance to embarrass each other last week at my local hole in the wall where my friends/castmates run a weekly jam. Black and white spy shots by my platonic gal pal Melissa. Embroidered Denim vest 90s Cash Rob Kap belt buckle Mister Freedom Outlaw Dad-ception. He sang 50 year old originals. I sang him Paul Simon's Kodachrome.

Couple recent fits. Vintage denim vest with embroidery Destroyed 40s bandana 1990s The Specials tee 501 STF 60s FRYE boots Mister Freedom Vietnam tee Target Wide Leg selvedge denim FRYE

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Mini Route 66 road trip. Old Joliet Prison and The Gemini Giant in Wilmington Illinois.

I have saved the best for last. Probably my favorite t shirt of all time. I only visited the local Santa Fe Speedway in Willow Springs only once or twice to watch the demolition derby before it closed down but those memories live large in my mind. Perfect graphics, faded but legible, on a super thin single stich 50/50 Made in USA Screen Stars tee. Every new find is judged against this one. Earlier this year I found a local making reprints on plain white so I grabbed one.