N&W Clothing

[NW Mailing List]

Likewise, I don't think the company was related to the railroad. I'm not even positive what the N&W in their name stood for.

I do know that from time to time, you will see buttons off these overalls for sale as "N&W Ry" buttons, so beware, and know what you're looking at.

Jeff Sanders
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: NW Mailing List 
  To: NW Mailing List 
  Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 8:10 PM
  Subject: Re: N&W Clothing


  Carl, there used to be a garment manufacturing company in Lynchburg, VA, called N&W, (just like the Norfolk and Western) that made bib overalls and other work clothes.  I don't think it had anything to do with the railroad but I'm not sure.  I worked in a country store in Gladys, Virginia (about 20 miles south of Lynchburg on the Lynchburg to Durham, NC line of N&W) in the 1950's as a high school student and we sold this line of work clothes.  I am pretty sure they were made in Lynchburg but don't think it had anything to do with the railroad.  Maybe somebody else can shed some light on your question.

  Jim Moseley 
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: NW Mailing List 
    To: NW-Mailing-List at nwhs.org 
    Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 5:45 PM
    Subject: N&W Clothing


    Does anybody know if there was clothing, such as
    jeans, associated with the railroad? There is an
    auction on ebay today that is selling a pair of
    vintage 1950s dungarees with an N&W label on them.
    Thanks.

    Carl


     
    ____________________________________________________________________________________
    Don't pick lemons.
    See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos.
    http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html 
    ________________________________________
    NW-Mailing-List at nwhs.org
    To change your subscription go to
    http://listnwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list
    Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at
    http://list.nwhsorg/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/



------------------------------------------------------------------------------


  ________________________________________
  NW-Mailing-List at nwhs.org
  To change your subscription go to
  http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list
  Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at
  http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/attachments/20070403/1b0f9252/attachment.htm>