Out of Town

These old accordion hinges are really pretty & impossible to find

The old rippled glass pharmacist lamp is definitely my favorite

Was out of NYC for the weekend and stumbled on a real gold mine, a hardware and general store opened in the 20s and closed since the 50s. Everything was still in the glass cases, untouched for 50 years. The building had just been bought and the new owner had just started to clean it out. These are just a few of the things I got and going back in a few weeks when they start pulling things out of the 2nd floor, hopefully to pull out some deadstock denim...

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Some other nice bits from last week.

WW2 USAF Foot Locker

This little gem was hiding under a work bench in a basement and was completely filthy, I didn't even see the bomber painting on top till I got it back to the studio and wiped it down. I checked in with the National USAF museum and it turns out Capt.Tyndall was a P-47 pilot in the 19th Fighter Squadron who flew missions over Saipan from 1944-45.

Norman of England

This is going to be a fun little project, over all it's in pretty great shape for being pulled out of a barn. Did a little research on the brand, it seems like a lot of  companies, they started out making motorized bicycles around and dropped the motorized versions around the 30's. 

4th of July

giant brass clip & old yacht patch

ivory bangles

just for scale...

A few picks from my flea digging up in Maine over the holiday. I'm dying to know what the story is with this huge brass clip, any guesses?

Finally Found One

These WW2 denim laundry bags are pretty readily available on Ebay, but I've been determined to fine one myself...

Holiday Weekend

Leather firewood bag

Friday's Haul

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live .38 ammo...

pretty patching detail

50s denim apron with selvedge edges

Commission Merchants

I was pretty excited when these turned up in a box of old letters, they seem to be a relative of figural cameos which are even more beautiful and completely impossible to find...

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WW2 Black Leather boots, leather motorcycle gloves and 1920s safety goggles

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Denim Coveralls

Detail of the Sanforized stamp on the inside of a pair of work Khakis

Detail of Orange stitching and Sanforized button on a pair of 50s jeans

Rest of the Aprons

Also found last Friday. I'll admire them for a while and they'll eventually become material for Alice's bags when more stuff comes in.

Watch the Wear

So pretty it deserved it's own post. I've definitely got a weakness for aprons and old denim, so this was a real find. Even has the original sewn on paper tag.

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Odds and ends. 

Canvas & Leather rifle case and beautiful old tin box with cleaning tools

Half a dozen 50's shop lamps some of them never even used like this one

Wilson

Turned up a goldmine of 40's and 50's era Wilson goggles over the weekend. 

Last Friday's Haul

My favorite thing has to be the WW2 military issue hammer.

Last Friday's Haul

Hilights include

• old composition notebooks with notes on the basics of mathematical logic and electrical schematics
• a pair of suede shoes that look almost like low top boondockers with goodyear rubber soles (and they're my size)
• a wallet with some beautiful WW2 Army & Navy snapshots and Induction papers from 1945