iconic denim photos

[AnOldFolkSong]

[reubensangwich]

A couple shots by Marion Post Wolcott.

 

If you zoom in you can read the lot and size numbers. 

 

Match strikes on the right hamstring.

Patch removed, cinch as well, or possibly an S501 with watch pocket rivets.

Edited August 21 by reubensangwich

[Dr_Heech]

That's some great stuff right there @reubensangwich - in that last photo  they are definitely a pair of '1937' 501XX but have had the cinch strap completely removed as well as the rivets (a little dark hole being the tell tell sign).

Also that same first shot, amazing shape of the arcuate where it hits (almost) the bottom of the vertical side of the back pocket.

 

 

Also, that pair in the middle with the match strikes, they are 1937 model also imo.

Edited Friday at 07:18 AM by Dr_Heech
To add stuff

[reubensangwich]

Thank you, @Dr_Heech! I was hoping one of the resident historians would chime in to confirm my suspicions. What gives the match strike pair away as being a 37 rather than an early war model? From that angle it doesn't look like there is, or ever was, a cinch. Here's another shot of him. 

Edited August 21 by reubensangwich

[Lorcan]

First pic is making me feel good about getting a narrow width embossed western belt from Codina kinda specifically to wear with my Sugar Cane 42s 🤠

[reubensangwich]

@Lorcan Fantastic taste, I think those 42's might be my next pair

[Dr_Heech]

12 hours ago, reubensangwich said:

Thank you, @Dr_Heech! I was hoping one of the resident historians would chime in to confirm my suspicions. What gives the match strike pair away as being a 37 rather than an early war model? From that angle it doesn't look like there is, or ever was, a cinch. Here's another shot of him. 

The reason l think they're a cinchback model is because firstly the arc looks stitched on but there's no diamond in the centre and secondly because the red tab is placed high up almost under the bar-tacking which is generally a feature of the 1937 501XX. Just a guess though - could've had the cinch strap completely removed as well as the other pair?

Great sets of photos regardless. 

Edited Friday at 07:19 AM by Dr_Heech
To edit obvs

[reubensangwich]

Much appreciated, Doc 🫡

Another one I saw yesterday and I just have to post. Photo by Dorothea Lange, from the Library of Congress: San Francisco, Calif. Apr. 1942. Pals at Weill Public School - Yuichi Sumi, left, of Japanese ancestry, and Tommy Wong of Chinese descent, on one of the last days before evacuation of Californians of Japanese ancestry, under US Army Exclusion Order No. 20, Sumi will be housed in a War Relocation Authority center for the duration of the war.

A gut-wrenching story that should not soon be forgotten. 

Yuichi looks to be wearing a crisp 506 (or 213?), or another brand's knockoff. Tommy in a very interesting v-neck sweat, with pockets on the waistband ribbing? 

[Dr_Heech]

Nice. My guess is a 213.

[Lorcan]

Yeah buttons look like 213, sad story.

[KarlHavoc]

Horse drinking a coca cola at the Indiana State Fair in the 50s