Some cool, distressed denim

[Happy Hooligan]

awesome collection... I love that single pocket flannel shirt with the strap collar!

[Dr_Heech]

Nice pix Aho, specially the shot of ' Dad and Son cowboys' walking away from the camera. Oh, and the 1942 501xx 'cinch' shot (back to front).

Would have loved to have seen the front of those jeans, as crotch rivet disappeared in '41 !

Would +rep but gotta spread it about.

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[aho]

^Glad you enjoyed them, I love looking through the LIFE archives...Fardin seems to have gotten all the good shots though and I do remember seeing that "cinch" pic being on here before...Curious details on that pair, patch and tab are seemingly on the wrong side? Any vintage pro's out there that could identify (possibly non-Levi's, or is the image flipped some magical way?)

[Paul T]

Superb photos, aho, sorry I can't re-rep you.

I especially love those college girls working on the theatre production.

[fardin]

can rep you either aho, great pics. its a bit tough looking through the life site. i think the pic is flipped around, there are a couple of others from the arizona u wich seem the other way around.

a bit off topic but i wached streetcar with brando again an his jeans have a cinch, it may be customized though, cause otherwise it does not make sense

[Paul T]

^Glad you enjoyed them, I love looking through the LIFE archives...Fardin seems to have gotten all the good shots though and I do remember seeing that "cinch" pic being on here before...Curious details on that pair, patch and tab are seemingly on the wrong side? Any vintage pro's out there that could identify (possibly non-Levi's, or is the image flipped some magical way?)

Yes, it's been flipped (look at the fly on the guy being thrown into the lake. Lots of agency images get reversed when they're duped - usually color transparency, but black and white too, which are often duped onto slides so they can be scanned more easily.

When I worked on a couple of music mags, I'd regularly have brain embolisms in sheer rage at designers who'd put images of a right-handed Kurt Cobain or Jimi Hendrix on the page.

[Dr_Heech]

can rep you either aho, great pics. its a bit tough looking through the life site. i think the pic is flipped around, there are a couple of others from the arizona u wich seem the other way around.

a bit off topic but i wached streetcar with brando again an his jeans have a cinch, it may be customized though, cause otherwise it does not make sense

They aren't customized Fardin, they are the last 37-42 501 to be made, having all the details of the 37 jean, but with a Laurel leaf donut button aka WW2. Love 'em!

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[almostnice]

this thread is a treasure.i am glad to have fardin and now aho( could rep!) to manage and care for this so well.the info one can get just from watching the pics is amazing.i always come back drooling over older pages and find new details.

[Dr_Heech]

this thread is a treasure.i am glad to have fardin and now aho( could rep!) to manage and care for this so well.the info one can get just from watching the pics is amazing.i always come back drooling over older pages and find new details.

Agreed..

..And dont forget Meader, wherever He's got to.

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[almostnice]

oh yes,shame on me.hopefully he will come back with a bang!

[fardin]

thanks dr i was always wondering about them.

yes and lets not forget meader

[meader]

[rufio]

Just a small offering from me today, guys:

Really wish this was higher res so we could see some details.

[aho]

It's always a sad reminder to see that denim, as a part of American culture historically, was unfortunately also a part of American Racial politics...Not saying that denim is racist or anything though (lol) just saying that damn, I wish that people I don't want to like dressed so well ahaha

EDIT: rufio, that site is so good! keep posting all those colored pics...there were a few more updates from 1/21 on there that would be good on here!

[aho]

Yuba City 1956

1963

Miner 1947

1943

1942

1957

[rufio]

Thanks aho (and everyone else) for the rep.

The annoying thing is that he used to have full-sized pics on his stream when I first came across it, but I guess he changed it after A Continuous Lean and everyone else started linking his pics.

[aho]

this one wouldn't fit in the above post:

Tobacco Farmer

[meader]

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[almostnice]

those fades in the cobblerpic! aaarrgh!

[meader]

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[dralfonzo]

fucking great pics meader! that hells angles rider certainly managed to fit a lot onto his pockets...

[meader]

[meader]

[setterman]

I wonder if that guy shot that coyote, or just kicked its head in?!

[Happy Hooligan]

I wonder if that guy shot that coyote, or just kicked its head in?!

I think that's a bobcat unless I missed another photo of a coyote...

[setterman]

Yes, there's two photos of a rancher and his horse standing over a coyote caught in a trap.

[redX]

s'up EDC threak

[jstavrin]

This page rules.