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  • Originally posted by BigLakeBob View Post

    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
    AMCA #776
    Dumpster Diver's Motto: Seek,... and Ye Shall Find!

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      Bob Rice #6738

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      • Originally posted by T. Cotten View Post

        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)

        Brando Kowalski.jpgBrando jacket.jpg
        Last edited by droptopford; 04-01-2021, 07:14 AM.

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        • Originally posted by ihrescue View Post

          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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          • 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
            AMCA #776
            Dumpster Diver's Motto: Seek,... and Ye Shall Find!

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            • 1951 Accessory catalog is first appearance of H-D selling T-Shirts H-D t-shirts.jpg
              Robbie Knight Amca #2736

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              • Wow... no black.

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                • Originally posted by Rubone View Post
                  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
                  Pisten Bully is Harry Roberts in Vermont.

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                  • Originally posted by pisten-bully View Post

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

                    HollisterDrunkStaged1.jpg

                    .....Cotten
                    Last edited by T. Cotten; 04-01-2021, 11:43 AM.
                    AMCA #776
                    Dumpster Diver's Motto: Seek,... and Ye Shall Find!

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                    • Originally posted by droptopford View Post
                      Wow... no black.
                      That made me laugh!
                      Eric Smith
                      AMCA #886

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                        Bob Rice #6738

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                        • 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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                          Last edited by ihrescue; 04-02-2021, 06:00 PM.

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                            Bob Rice #6738

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                              Bob Rice #6738

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                              • Originally posted by BigLakeBob View Post
                                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.
                                Eric Smith
                                AMCA #886

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