Reflecting the enduring emotion of many Americans during the mid to late 19th century, this unique handmade quilt features a diamond style patchwork layout composed of red, white, and blue cotton fabric squares. While time has run its fair share of miles around this particular quilt, the details and final condition it was discovered in make it truly a remarkable piece of Americana.

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This absolutely stunning work shirt dates back to the 1930s, and features a range of amazing details including a grey salt and pepper colored fabric, chin strap tab collar, catseye buttons, and full garment repairs. While the origins of salt and pepper fabric are a bit of a mystery, it has historical contexts dating all the way back to the Middle Ages— being used for intricate tapestries and seen as a symbol of sophistication amongst elites.

The subtle blend of dark threads against light creates such a color that matches almost any outfit and can be worn interchangeably. The intense amount of repairs and reconstruction all throughout makes for a wearable-again piece of American workwear history.

Originating as the Navy's M-422A model in the 1930s and later revised into the G-1 model, this jacket is as iconic of militaria as you can get. The G-1 flight jacket features an all brown goatskin or cowhide leather shell, satin nylon liner, and a mouton sheep or synthetic fiber collar. It also featured notable details such as underarm gussets for ensured movement in the cockpit, a cropped waist fitting design with knitted cuffs, and heavy brass zipper closure. With numerous button-through pockets, the wearer was guaranteed adequate storage for belongings.

While all contracted versions of the G-1 Flight Jacket has perforated 'USN' or 'USCG' inside the wind flap, this particular jacket does not feature it, nor any sort of contract inscriptions or labels. This leads to believe this was a civilian model, made from the same manufacturers of the contracted models during the wartime. Special nonetheless.

During the second World War, the United States commissioned two variations of this suit; one being made of twill as seen here and the other being blended of cotton and wool fibers. The course of its span in action ranges on from April of 1943, when it replaced the previously worn Type A-4 Flight Suit. This improvement was made for a more standardized suit, with implementations into the U.S. Air Force and Navy even well after the war.

For the age of this garment, it’s still very wearable today as the cotton fibers still hold their flexibility and toughness.

This pair of 1950s Big Mac Sanforized coveralls by Penneys features chopped off legs and a reconstructed torso— turning it into a chore coat and utilizing previous hickory stripe scrap to create a round, finished hem. While coveralls can be useful, they can also be restricting. It’s littered with hand repairs, different color fades, and great distressing all around. The waistband allows for a more tailored fit, flattering the silhouette of the person wearing it.

Repurposing old garments to create a new functionality of them is special and a skill we should all try to implement into our everyday lives. Reject fast fashion and embrace quality garments instead.

This gorgeous vintage rayon shirt manufactured and tagged by Crosley features an all over atomic, static flecked print with white accents on a dark navy color base, loop collar, transparent button front, and light pink accents on the pockets and collar edges. The rayon wool material blend is one of the softest to touch fabrics when even compared to cotton and linens. This piece also features a Scrub’n Tub Washable Fast Color blend material, with the sewn-in label tag sporting various different colors. Rockabilly at its core, and as new as the day it was sewn in the factory.

The New Barbarians, or The Barbarians, were an English rock group formed by The Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood to promote his solo album, ‘Gimme Some Neck’. The band played a mix of rock, blues, and funk, meshing sounds together with some Jagger tunes thrown in. The New Barbarians formed in 1979— playing two supporting act gigs for The Rolling Stones, eighteen regular concerts across the United States, and went on to be the opener for Led Zeppelin at Knebworth Festival. The band played two charity concerts in support of The Stones— one to benefit the CNIB, or Canadian National Institute for the Blind and the other to relieve the conditions for Keith Richard’s sentencing for heroin possession. While the groups reign was short lived, the gritty rock ’n roll moments that came from it are timeless.

This is one of their tour tees from 1979, featuring a double sided blood splatter graphic and wicked quotes all over the front. You can see a zigzag dotted line across the bottom where the buyer was meant to cut the shirt themselves. While I won’t be doing it, the idea is sweet. There is even a dotted line around the top blood stain to show off your jewelry.

The National Slovak Society, or NSS, is the oldest Slovak fraternal benefit society in the United States. The organization was formed in February of 1890 and offers ‘bringing together individuals with a common bond and provide them with the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to their local communities and American society’.

The smaller tee is also from a Slovak/Czech-based camp out of East Troy, Wisconsin by the name of Sokol Camp. Sokol was another fraternal organization focused on promoting physical, mental, and cultural development through fitness programs, cultural events, and social activities that gave a sense of belonging. The Potter Lake location was purchased by Sokol in 1942 as a 155-acre plot in Walworth County.

The Phi Sigma Epsilon fraternity was in steamrolling operations for over seventy five years— when it was eventually merged with Phi Sigma Kappa in the summer of 1985. While it’s house symbol and crest may have been changed with the merger, Phi Sig history can continue to live on through the original fraternity’s triangle symbol and crest shown above.

This particular short sleeved sweatshirt features a beautiful natural fade throughout its entirety, with lightened sun kissed shoulders and detailed distressing that courses down to the elastic waistband.

The first Crown Point High School, also called South Ward, was built in 1911 on South Court street downtown for an estimated 600 students. It was the center of all student activities around the square in its earlier days. While retaining its honorability and likeness, it wouldn't be until 1939 that a new project be proposed to expand the size of the school in a familiar location. Deciding on what we know now as Wheeler Middle School just across the street, the second Crown Point High School building was used in its entirety from the early 1940s through 2003 when the final installment of the high was built on South Main Street.

This 1950s sweatshirt features an all white cotton material, water print chest graphic of the Crown Point Bulldogs mascot and name in red, overlock stitching with a raised collar, elongated cuffs, and likely made by Champion based on the original tag location and garment shape.

A beautiful 1944-1945 Undefeated K.V.C. football champions letterman’s wool cardigan— featuring early varsity chenille patches of a Native American chiefs head on the top of the right sleeve and a star on the left, with a large 'M' and football across the chest area. All woven in the ever-classic maroon wool blend. This sweater was tagged by Dic Neate, Athletic Outfitters of Chicago, Illinois and was discovered just south of the windy city.

This particular letterman was owned by one of the ‘44-‘45 Kankakee Valley Conference Football champions. K.V.C., which was a merger of already existing Northwest Indiana high school football conferences, ran its course from 1933 to 1967.

Local school spirit, this 1940s boat-neck collar letterman sweater is blended of heavy 100% wool fibers and features a large centered chenille 'H' patch for Hobart Indiana High School Brickies Football Team. Matching yellow stripes and the number '44' are sewn into the left sleeve, with a natural sun fade and distressing produced by over half a century of life drape over the garments whole. Labeled and manufactured by Wilson Sporting Goods of Chicago, Illinois, just over forty miles northwest of Hobart.