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.

Chanute Air Force Base was established by the U.S. government in the early summer of 1917. Leasing roughly 650 acres of land in agricultural Illinois to begin training operations for young WWI pilots. During the 1940s, Chanute Air Force Base would become one of our country’s leading state-of-the-art military facilities, strengthening thousands of ground troops and boosting air defense training techniques for the second world war.

Eventually, the base would see its final days in 1993 when it’s glory would be striped— and the site be deemed a hazard to the surrounding environment from decades of experimental testing and equipment waste.

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.

Check out some of our recent posts on Instagram and Facebook @threadcountvintageco for a closer look and how this antique quilt will be repurposed throughout it's time here at our shop.

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.

Blended of Navy Blue cotton fibers on the outer and light grey cotton fibers on the interior, this double face hoodie from Chicago Vocational High School is a staple of any collection. With drawstring pulls for the hood, a frontside hand warming pocket, and loud yellow printed lettering across the back. It is the all-around perfect hoodie, product of the boom in academic-based athletics during 1960s America.

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.

This perfectly worn 1980s Gilley’s Bar of Pasadena, Texas crewneck features the classic logo printed across the chest and also matching on the backside— with a faded maroon Creslan Acrylic blend just to top off how wonderful it is. Although the original Gilley’s is no longer serving the area, the popularity that grew from its shine in the 1980 western ‘Urban Cowboy’, nightly rodeo antics, and occasional celebrity appearances made for a one-of-a-kind place.

Originating as Lake High School in Chicago’s Cook County in the late 1880s, Tilden Technical High was annexed to the city and became apart of the public school system. By 1901, the board of education decided on a plan for a new building. Sitting between South Union and Wallace Avenue, the new school renamed after Edward Tilden, former president of the Chicago Board of Education.

While serving as an all boys school after around 1919, it wouldn’t be until 1960 that the golden years of Tilden technical High School would come to an eventual end– and be converted in the co-educational neighborhood high school that we see today.