Some cool, distressed denim

[jstavrin]

Fuck. Best post in awhile.

[erk]

outrageously cool. thanks for posting.

[entertainment!]

Those photos must have been taken by a denim fetishist.

Thanks fardin!

[LandoCal126]

Fuck. Best post in awhile.

Agreed! Not sure why he does not have an insane amount of Rep???

[fardin]

thanks guys, all those pics are really awesome. i am amazed. happy there is a forum like this to share it with others.

[k449]

FYI...PBS showing a cool documentary right now called "Riding the Rails". Lots of old footage of hobos/tramps during the depression.

[k449]

Here's a link with more info.....

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/rails/

[LandoCal126]

Via

[cash]

This showed up on ACL this morning. Thought you kids would appreciate it.

[fardin]

[Happy Hooligan]

not sure these have been posted or not...

[Mr Black]

Who cares. Beautiful pics on so many levels.

[cheapmuthafukr]

quilts from gee's bend

[Happy Hooligan]

those quilts are beautiful!

[entropy kid]

Don't think I ever posted these and thought this thread would be fitting. Denim workwear in Vietnam shot from a moving taxi, hence the blurry pic. Same fit for all guys in various states of distress.

[cash]

[cash]

[cash]

[mtchfrnk]

Was directed to another source of mid-century photos by Archival Clothing's twitter.

I was hoping photos of the Hanford Site, this government town funded by the Manhattan Project, would be a mint of old denim photos. Unfortunately so far I've only found a few blue jeans shots in the flickr stream. There are probably more at the official website, but I haven't had a ton of time to look through--and navigation there isn't too user friendly.

The denim pickings are slim but there're plenty of VERY interesting shots of nuke-era American culture. You should browse through the flickr site for those if nothing else. There are also lots of great leather jackets, boots, bib overalls, and chino workpants. And blackface. Can't forget the blackface.

So here's what I've found. Hopefully some other, more talented photo-pickers can find some gems at the .gov site.

February 1944 Hanford Workers

CAFETERIA SCENE - HANFORD, CIRCA 1944

RECREATION HALL - BILLIARDS

RECREATION AT CAMP HANFORD

1952 HAMTC MINSTREL SHOW

1953 300 AREA LABS - PENCILS AND BADGES, RADIATION SIGNS [and herringbone twill -ed.]

MANAGERS MEETING WITH JAPANESE VISITORS [No denim, plenty of WTF -ed.]

Note: there are also lots of pretty girls. I guess government schmoes really pulled the pretty ones back then?

AC is a really great blog, BTW, though it is disturbingly dismissive of vintage denim. How dare they so much as imply that my obsession is silly. HOW DARE THEY.

[Happy Hooligan]

Here's an old pic of my friend from work. He said it was mid 70's and everything was thrift... Check out that chore jacket!

[cash]

Kinda hard to see, but really good fades on those kids in the background. Trust me, epic fades.

[hollowsleather]

forget the kids in the background, +rep

[hollowsleather]

Random blog find, wasn't sure where to post, but this seemed like a good place.

[Dr_Heech]

forget the kids in the background, +rep

What he said. +repped!

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[cash]

June Carter (Witherspoon gots nothing on her)

[cash]

[fardin]

[Mr Black]

Beautiful. Fardin. Just beautiful.

[Dr_Heech]

Beautiful. Fardin. Just beautiful.

Agreed.... (and Repped!)

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[fardin]

thanks guys, very kind of you all. the pics are great