THE GEORGIA SHOE MFG. CO. VINTAGE PAIR-A-TROOPER QUALITY BRAND WORK BOOTS

Original Pair-A-Trooper vintage boot box. This winged paratrooper logo is also found stamped on the upper side of vintage versions of the company's boots, as seen below 

Vintage 1940s-50s dead-stock Georgia Boot "Pair-A-Trooper" Brand work boots. Part of The San Fernando Valley Mercantile Co. collection. Contact us for price and availability

Close up of stitching, original leather laces and the painted eyelets and rivets

Stamped Pair-A-Trooper logo

B.F. Goodrich cork sole

B.F.Goodrich nailed heel

Georgia Boot history. In 1932, William Brooks, joined by his brother F. M. "Mike" Brooks, founded The William Brooks Shoe Company in Nelsonville, Ohio, about 60 miles southeast of Columbus. Both men had lost their jobs during the Great Depression when Godman Shoe Co. of Columbus went bankrupt.
In search of opportunity, the brothers set up shop in a rent-free factory with lent equipment and what would eventually become The Georgia Shoe Mfg. Co. was born.
The company originally employed 50 to 100 workers with a production rate of 300 pairs of shoes per day. With a newly-constructed addition and the installation of more equipment, by the mid-1930s the factory employed 225 people and production output increased to more than 2,000 pairs per day. During the 1940s and 1950s business continued to grow and the company supplied more than one million pairs of shoes and boots for military conflicts such as World War II and the Korean War. 

In 1974 Mrs Elisabeth M. Lott compiled THE HISTORY OF FLOWERY BRANCH, GA 1874-1974. The information below is taken from her work.

The Georgia Shoe Mfg. Co. was established in Flowery Branch, GA in May of 1946. Eight hundred and fifty are now employed. It manufactures 7,000 pairs of shoes a day. There are two plants, two warehouses and one main office located in Flowery Branch. They get their leather from Horween, Superior, Lannon, Trostal and Griener Co.

Re-posted from vintageworkboots.com

H.D. LEE MERCANTILE CO. Cigar Box Guitar

Homemade guitar constructed using pre-1920s H.D. LEE MERCANTILE CO. cigar box.

 Photo courtesy of Lumberjock gbrown4

O.N. FORD ROEHM-ROEHM DAYTON BRAND Vintage Shooting Jacket

This jacket goes out to connoisseur of gentleman's hunting style, artist, fellow blogger and friend Vilbo a.k.a. FRENCH CANCAN in honor of his recent birthday. O.N. FORD / DAYTON BRAND vintage shooting jacket manufactured by The ROEHM-ROEHM Company of Dayton Ohio, a long defunct manufacturer of high grade twill and duck garments. 

Interesting "Norfolk" jacket type details including vertical suspender type reinforcements. An educated guess would be that these straps helped support heavy loads inside the pockets, any confirmation of this or additional information is always appreciated. Sleeve cut and construction including armpit gussets allowed for the wide range of movement needed while shooting

Removable buttons a.k.a. change buttons

One of two chain stitched chenille felt patches

Reinforced shoulders feature same stitch detail found on much favored ventilation hole / scallop back work shirts of the 1920s-1940's

Available via The San Fernando Valley Mercantile Co. Part of the VintageWorkwear.com collection.

BLUE GRASS ROY "The KENTUCKY KORN KRACKER"

The double tuck. Rigid dark denim split pocket overalls placed inside the boots with a chore jacket worn underneath. Add bandana, hat and a four finger spread on the neck... no pick required!  This one goes out to our friend Kevin, the Kentucky Junker.

Vintage BIG SMITH UNION MADE SANFORIZED Buckle Back Khaki Pants

BIG SMITH khaki pants featuring buckle back adjustment rarely seen on BIG SMITH brand pants and jeans of the same era.  The smaller size along with label details likely indicate these are a youth model manufactured sometime in the 1950's. From the VintageWorkwear.com collection

Machine loomed BIG SMITH UNION MADE SANFORIZED label.  A rarely seen variation in green with white and red thread as opposed to the common black label with gold and red thread of the same design from the same era

Scovill brand GRIPPER ZIPPER in nickle finish.

Remnants of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America union label