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"Paul Bunyan" Lumberjack Shirt

Alan at Margam wearing the Bemidji mills shirt, 2009

Not the most commonly worn garment in Spain but lumberjack shirts of this style can be seen in pictures of International Brigadistas and other Republican troops:

lumberjack shirt detail
Detail of Lincoln-Washington Battalion, Company 1, Sec. 1, Group 1, Almuchel - sep 37
© The 15th International Brigade Photographic Unit Photograph Collection ; ALBA Photo 011; ALBA Photo number:11_0741s
Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012, New York University Libraries.

lumberjack shirt detail

Detail of Lincoln-Washington veterans returning to Spain from U.S.A. including Joseph Cobert - Jul 38
© The 15th International Brigade Photographic Unit Photograph Collection ; ALBA Photo 011; ALBA Photo number:11_0471s
Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012, New York University Libraries

lumberjack shirt detail

Detail of Sanidad [Health] group, 15th International Brigade - Apr 38
© The 15th International Brigade Photographic Unit Photograph Collection ; ALBA Photo 011; ALBA Photo number:11_0446s
Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012, New York University Libraries

One of the best traditional examples can be bought from:

Bemidji Woolen Mills

Online (USA based)

Bemidji Woolen Mills jac shirt

Various colours available

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