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MT-TR-149 · One of one

1957 Glenna Stahl Letter Cardigan, Lyman Wyoming - Coleman Knitting Mills

$248
Final Sale
The cardigan is dated by the girl who wore it. Chain-stitched across the chest: GLENNA, and beside it, 57. The big L is Lyman, Wyoming, a small town in the southwestern corner of the state. Inside, a small embroidery: G. Stahl. Two marks on one garment, agreeing.

Sold as found · All vintage is final sale

A girl's varsity letter cardigan in royal blue wool with white and gold trim. Chevron striping at the chest, two patch pockets, button front, ribbed cuffs. Made in USA by Coleman Knitting Mills of Ogden, Utah.

Coleman made bomber jackets for the war, and then turned the factory on teenagers. William C. Coleman was making flight jackets when the Second World War ended; the orders dried up in 1947, so he pointed the same machines and the same people at letter garments for local high schools. Some of the patterns the company still cuts from are the original wartime bomber patterns. What Glenna wore to a game in Lyman is, in a real and literal sense, descended from what a pilot wore over Europe.

Three generations ran it. William's son John took over and died in a car accident shortly afterwards; John's son Dick ran it with his wife Kathy until they retired in 2018, when it passed to close family friends. Coleman holds the Utah state contract, the saying in that state being that if you got a letterman jacket, Coleman made it, and they served Idaho, Colorado, Nevada and Wyoming too. Lyman sits right on the Utah line, which is how a Wyoming girl came to be wearing Ogden knitting.

In great condition for its age.

One of one. Sold as found.

No returns - as is.

Fabric: Wool

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