Vintage Pics of the Day

[T. Cotten]

Wouldn't it be great to walk into a shop set up like that with no T-shirts and just 'get down to business' necessities.

I wouldn't mind if everything pre-dates T-shirts, but then,.. when exactly was that, Bob?

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This snag was listed as 'Gypsy Tour '56'; Please note fellow in background center-right with printed T-shirt.


....Cotten

[BigLakeBob]

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[droptopford]

I wouldn't mind if everything pre-dates T-shirts, but then,.. when exactly was that, Bob?

....Cotten

1951. Well... maybe not literally, but one theory is that it was Brando in 'Streetcar' that started the T-shirt trend.
(And a booster 'Schott' for leather jackets sales a couple years later)

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[droptopford]

Isn't that irony? Well there's this guy in my community a bit older than I and he would sometimes pair with Link Wray as his lead guitarist. Turns out Robert Gordon also has a nice Pan Head and while this song is about the rails and not antique motorcycles it is on the right track.

Mike Love

Thanks Mike. Yeah, they used the same pic (only flip-flopped) for the Gordon/Wray album cover.
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[T. Cotten]

As far as T-shirts themselves, Folks,...

They stopped being just underwear after WWII. Motorcycle shops had always sold riding apparel, but when did T-shirts become more than something with sleeves you could roll up to hold a pack of cigarettes?

When did they become motorcycle advertising?

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.....Cotten

[Rubone]

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[droptopford]

Wow... no black.

[pisten-bully]

1951 Accessory catalog is first appearance of H-D selling T-Shirts

1947 was the Hollister event, 1953 was the Brando movie The Wild One

[T. Cotten]

1947 was the Hollister event, 1953 was the Brando movie The Wild One

Damn that Hollister event!

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.....Cotten

[exeric]

Wow... no black.

That made me laugh!

[BigLakeBob]

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[ihrescue]

Vintage Pic of the Day - April 1, 2021

It reminds me of the McCallisters home at 671 Lincoln Ave Winnetka, IL. Harry and Marv on an Excelsior casing the joint.

Mike Love


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[BigLakeBob]

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[BigLakeBob]

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[exeric]

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I like to try and figure out the year of early J Harleys. I think this bike is a 1919, or 1920. Clues are the early exposed springs seat (cushion spring cans in '21) , tall spring fork tubes (1920, I think), full rear fender without a separate rear section or hinged section. Early Js are so interesting because there were so many changes, and improvements. Still my favorite Harley-Davidsons.