Some cool, distressed denim

[hawkeye]

Another couple, these two are my favorites so far. Both by Lee Russell listed as 1940.

^^^^Shooting Hawks...

[meader]

Fuck'n' great pics. Gotta love it.

[Jamolos Orm]

Wow, hawkeye. Those pics are indredible. Thank you very much for sharing. Those jeans are BEAUTIFUL, and that rifle looks so, so good. The outfit on the other guy, jesus. It's just fantastic.

[mikedbt5]

Paul T ,

Thankyou for this great link !!!

In an post a few days ago I mentioned the allure of denim to myself , ie US 30/40/50s workwear and teen culture . Seeing such vivid pictures of the clothing that so many of us go to great lengths to find , afford and discuss reproductions of is incredible . I am not a US citizen/resident so my only exposure to the culture which was idolized by my parents and passed onto myself (40/50/60s American rock'n'roll , blues , c+w) has been through tv . Geuniely inspiring pictures (not tv / mass produced Americana) which just cement my affinity with the fashions from those era .

You gotta love those original Levis popping up in so many pics . One other thing , how many of the jeans are dark blue !!

[spiveyt2]

some serious boots....

Some Dorothea Lange...

[hawkeye]

More Russell Lee:

[roundhouse]

^the last pic is really cool

[Cali]

Selvage+spurs=win

[Corbin Law]

i wish i could contribute anything more to this thread other than saying that it is maybe one of the best threads on sufu.

[soonami]

These pictures are so beautiful

[nightdeposit]

i just saw this thread. pure gold... many thanks!!!

[Mr Black]

Just joined this site, and gotta say i'm utterly drooling over those pics. Some f'king fantastic shots.

[sybaritical]

^Haha I just filled your bar in.

This thread just gets better and better everytime I look at it.

Some astonishing photographs.

[hawkeye]

Thanks for the reminder, I found some more photos:

Delano:

Russell Lee:

[Charlie Delta]

Thanks! Are you finding these at one of the sites already mentioned or do you have some other secret source, if so please share!!!

[hawkeye]

It's different that PaulT's source.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fahome.html, This is the Library of Congress site, which I've gotten a bunch of these photos from. Ive also seached for other sites with Jack Deleno and Russell Lee who have some of the better photos on the LOC site. There are lots of librarys that have digital collections, just gotta sort through a lot of stuff, but I like that sort of thing.

[bustinxjustin]

i like this one.

I can't stop staring at this picture. Thank you for such an amazing post.

[meader]

Good wear on blue jeans to the right.

[Paul T]

They look great Hawkeye. I stupidly didn't credit the source of my second lot of photos, I will look back, edit and credit it when I have a moment, as I suggest everyone else does (Edit: I've done it now, the other shots were Libray of Congress, see below, and Hawkeye's ref).

Incidentally, haven't checked but I would advise NO ONE loads and links to these pix onto photobucket or their own hosting sites - just link to the original source. SF is less likely to get copyright hassles, which might happen if the photos come from a commercial site. Library of Congress photos are generally non-copyright but most other sources will have copyright of the photos.

And, when I have a moment, I am going to take note of all of these, if we do another edition of Denim we might be able to add more shots. If we do, you all get a credit for extra photo-research!

Edit; I've added captions on the Library of Congress photos that I linked to. Both those and the Cushman ones should be fine, as this use is educational and non-commercial. But it's more polite to credit the source... Lord, I love the Library of Congress, who these days would think to get true artists to document working people on the government dollar...

Once again, for anyone who wants to look thru this brilliant site, the Library of Congress archives are at:

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awlhtml/awlwork.html

there are movies, too.

The Cushman archive is linked on the first page of this thread.

[hawkeye]

Wow Paul, that's really cool, thanks! I will make sure to link directly from here on out, this is a great thread I wouldn't want it to get anyone in touble.

[netsleh1]

Awesome, thanks Paul!

[likewtfyo]

just so everyone can see it again. bump.

[hawkeye]

Dorothea Lang:

^^^^^Those o'alls look homemade...

[hawkeye]

Civilian Conservation Corps at an experimental farm in Beltsville, Maryland. (Circa 1933)

1935:

[meader]

Bump'n.

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[watchman]

This thread is incredible. I have been mesmerised by these pictures, it made me go through my Cone Mills and Paul T's book again.

[hawkeye]

Lange:

Rothstein:

Hine:

[Charlie Delta]

Dorothea Lange pics are my personal favorite.

People might also be interested in this book: FSA the American Vision

(wich is rediculously cheap on Amazon.us right now, do they ship overzeas aswell as I was considering getting it here for about 100 euros, or will shipping kill me then?)

This thread is incredible. I have been mesmerised by these pictures, it made me go through my Cone Mills and Paul T's book again.

What Cone Mills book do you have? Found?

[Paul T]

Nice choices, Hawkeye. Is there a date for the Hine photo? I guess if we wore jeans like that these days people would think we were going for an 80s vibe. Look great tho.

Don't believe there are any Levi's waist overalls with pliers pocket like that so I guess someone used the arcuate. Sue 'em I say!

Edit: only just noticed the Dorothea Lange Rolleiflex shot of the kid. Absolutely stunning.

[Chicken]

i usually prefer black and white photography, but in this case it's so nice to see indigo in color, too.

great thread.