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Some Light Reading Links:
1. Jetty Road Businesses
2. Moseley Street Businesses & People
4. Sands & McDougal Street Directory 1949
5. Sands & McDougal Street Directory 1950
The above are a selection of downloads to share especially for the serious researcher. If you're new to the case, these may be hard to understand but download them for later use as you learn more about the Somerton Man. The Adelaide Street Maps link has maps of many Adelaide suburbs as they were in 1948. Sand & McDougal Street Directory 1949 & 1950 are opened on the correct pages, P222 & 235 respectively of the now online street directory
You will note that the 1948 Directory does not show Freeman's Chemist being located at 24a Jetty Road and the book was said to have been found in November 1948. There's a logical reason for that which doesn't map to the Jetty Road Business locations with 1948 in the file name. The Jetty Road link with the map is correct, those are the businesses that were there in 1948 however, the time between a business taking on a premises and registering for the next version of the Directory means that Freeman's Chemist missed the cut-off time for getting an entry into the 1948 Directory and had to wait until the following year, 1949 before the details were updated.
Above, you can see a tie that looks almost RAF but is not, in fact. It's also close to the one that the Somerton Man was wearing when he was found on Somerton Beach. Note the colours and the right-to-left sweep of the pattern. It's difficult to know whether the stripe is white or gray, lighting can play tricks. The tie was apparently made in Australia.
The pants are the most interesting. They're 1940s-style. If you look closely at the inner pockets view on the right, you will be able to see a concealed/ secret or hidden pocket on the inside of the waistband. Compare it to the pocket on the left side, and it will become clear. If you look at the image on the left you do not see an opening on the outside of the pants
It was in a secret pocket like this one that the torn slip, rolled up tight and pushed down, was found.
These particular pants have a zip fly and not buttons.
These are just a couple of the items that you can find on this Adelaide website:
https://www.chaosbazaarvintage.com.au/product-category/1940s-vintage-clothing/mens-1940s-vintage-clothing/bottoms-mens-1940s-vintage-clothing/page/3/
Overseas followers will find the vintage clothing at the shop is extremely well priced.
Re the comment below, this image shows 5 passenger aircraft a week arriving from London into Sydney . Two were Constellaions into Mascot and 3 were Sunderland Flying Boats into Rose Bay,
