RED & WHITE STORES Vintage Two-Tone Store Clerk Coat

Vintage Red & White Stores Work Jacket a.k.a. Store Clerks Coat, likely dating to the 1940's-1950's

Details include two-tone linen type material and chain stitched logo

Interesting patch detail covering both rt & left lower side opening. Similar openings can be  found on long shop coats and coveralls to access pockets of pants worn underneath

Cat Eye shell buttons

  
Red & White is a chain of independently owned and operated food stores operating in the United States. While it has been supplanted by supermarket chains in many of its locations, its signature red dot logo with the words Red & White can still be found on small independent grocers in many states. via wikipedia 

Red & White store owned by FLICKER member Seattle rainscreen's Grandfather in Meadville, Pa.  A guess from family is that this photo dates from the mid to late 1940's.