The Library of Congress flickr stream yields some of the best historic examples of shawl collar cardigans. During a periodic review, I surfaced these 1918 scans of baseball player Mike Donlin sporting a very heavy gauge cardigan with an unusual throat latch detail. I’m not a baseball fan, but I can’t get enough of these Bain …
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Archival Update: Chester Wallace, Columbiaknit, Individualized, Sunspel and Leatherhead Sports
We’ve added some new summer weight clothing and archival accessories to the AC web shop. Individualized madras shirts (popovers too) Sunspel polos Saint James Nemo all cotton nautical top Columbiaknit long sleeve crews AC x Chester Wallace tote with “old glory” red wax bottom Leather Head Sports Lemon Ball made from Horween leather
Shopping from the present: Cooperstown Ball Cap Co.
Tom sporting the short brimmed 1927 Portland Beavers Cap Last March I lamented the loss of the Cooperstown Ball Cap Co. To my relief, Cooperstown has resurfaced with a new focus on caps from minor league and non-professional leagues. Cooperstown Ballcap Co. manufactures reproduction caps from bygone eras using original methods and materials. These caps …
Archival Lament: Cooperstown Ball Cap Co.
Cooperstown Ball Cap Co. print catalog covers (1994, 1999) Sometimes I get so fixated on the past that I forget to mail order from the present. A quick web check on one of my favorite contemporary brands, Cooperstown Ball Cap Co., produced this depressing news: Regrettably, after twenty-three years of making fine historic replica ball …