Red Wing Work Boots

I had been wearing the crepe sole moc toe work boots for some time and could not resist the vintage look of the 1911 Beckman Gentleman Travelers in Black Cherry when they were issued a few years back. I have since narrowed it down to the Iron Ranger 8111 for my daily work boots with the Beckman Gentleman Travelers seeing some light work & weekend use. The Moc Toe 875 also still see some sporadic use.

Some of my Red Wing boots worn over the past 5 odd years.

2009 Iron Ranger 8111

2007 Beckman Gentleman Travler 1911

2007 Moc Toe 6” 875

2006 Moc Toe 9106

2006 953?

2004 Moc Toe 8108 Green

Vintage Irish Setter Sport Boot with Vibram soles

Red Wing Heritage and Red Wing Shoe Japan are some cool sites for fans of Red Wing boots. RedWing1905 is also a nice blog of interest.

Stars and Stripes

1950's 2 pocket chore jacket star and wreath button.

1940's deadstock chore jacket stars and wreath button.

1940's overall stars and wreath button.

1940's Hercules overall stars and wreath button.

1940's indigo denim with selvedge edge overall stars and wreath button. 

1940's Penney's BIG MAC liberty stripe overall with primitive repair.
Note the nice job on lining up the stripe.

1930's OX-HIDE "pin check" fine stripe child's coverall
with hickory stripe primitive repair.

1960's Penney's BIG MAC hickory stripe overall with paint marks.

Vintage Overall Stripe Patterns & Variations

1937 Montgomery Ward Catalog.

Express Stripe

 1950's Penney's PAY-DAY Union Made Express Stripe Overall.

1960's Penney's BIG MAC Union Made Express Stripe Zipper Front Overall. 

Liberty Stripe

1950's Penney's Big Mac Union Made Liberty Stripe Overall.

1960's RED KAP Liberty Stripe variation work pants. 

1960's Lee Union Made Liberty Stripe variation Work Jacket.

Hickory Stripe

1940's J. C. Penney's BIG MAC "Safe-T-Flap" Hickory Stripe Overall.

1950's Osh Kosh Union Made Sanforized Selvedge Denim Dungarees

1950's Osh Kosh B'gosh Union Made Sanforized Sta-Blue indigo denim dungarees. Features include GRIPPER ZIPPER, Osh Kosh embossed front snap closure, green cotton thread bartacking, trouser style front pockets with watch/coin pocket, side plier pocket, hammer loop & lined back pockets.

Back yoke overlap detail can be seen above the rear pockets. Early Big Mac dungarees also feature a similar detail.

United Garment Workers of America union label & exposed green line selvedge inside of back pockets.

Leg seam with green line selvedge seen with pants turned inside out. Old style Osh Kosh B'gosh UNION MADE SANFORIZED stitched rayon tag can be seen in the background.

1950's BIG YANK Union Made Sanforized Selvedge Denim Dungarees

1950's era BIG YANK Union Made dungarees with SERVAL zipper, union made embossed snap waist closure, copper rivets, 10oz sanforized denim.

On first appearance this white thread making its way out from under the triple stitch orange cotton leg seam looked like your basic seam blow out.

Upon closer inspection the redline selvedge that is normally hidden in the seam has been partially exposed.

Finding hidden selvedge in vintage workwear is always a special treat.

Prior to picking up the pair first pictured, I came across a deadstock pair a few years back and managed to save some photos that came in handy in helping to accurately identify my Big Yank dungarees.

Compare both the UNION MADE snap & blue thread that finishes off the waistband on this deadstock to the pair in the first photo.

Same SERVAL zipper as the pair above.

Also the same pocket design & copper rivets.