Army surplus wool left over from WW II. I fondly remember a dark blue knee length wool coat with USN buttons.
With six kids in the family and our only transportation a 55 Ford pickup. Several of us older kids rode everywhere in the back, or stayed at home. We often rode in the back of the truck in near zero temps wrapped in homade quilts built by my great Grandmother whom had died before I was old enough to remember her. If it was raining, we would wrap heavy weight (40 mil) black plastic farm sheating around us over the quilts.
