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Temple's Sporting Goods 1524 6th Avenue, Moline, IL |
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Guy Temple Inc. Moline, Illinois, Sporting Goods
Official League Baseball |
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Guy Temple Inc. Moline
ILL Official League
Baseball |
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Item Details |
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CIRCA
- 1950-1973
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MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
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SIZE
- 5 Once
9 Inches
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PRICE GUIDE
- $25.00 - $50.00
Excellent-Near Mint
Condition
(Add a small
premium with Box)
Because there is no
sales history, the
value is estimated
base on similar
private brand
baseballs
Information
Provided by:
Keymancollectibles.com
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This "Official League" Cushioned-Cork
Center baseball was made for the "Guy Temple
Inc.
Sporting Goods Store, of Moline
Illinois. The ball would have been
manufactured by a company such as
Worth - Lannom Manufacturing Co. The Horsehide cover baseball
can be loosely dated to about the 1963
when the two letter state abbreviations
came into use, to about 1973, when in
1974 manufacturers stopped using
horsehide. It is not clear if the
Illinois abbreviation on this ball is
two or three letters. If it is in fact
three, the ball would then date to
about 1950-1962. The red stitch retail
baseballs became more common after the
the 1940s.
A WWI veteran Guy E. Temple
came to Moline in 1928, and opened the
Temple-Powell Sporting Goods store
which he bought out in 1933, then
incorporated as "Guy Temple Inc."
Founder Guy E. Temple passed away at
the age of 81, in 1976.
Harry Pearson, Wilb Peterson, William Gustfason, and Bob Norton, would
follow as company presidents and
owners. Known as the "Temple's Sporting
goods" for many years the company
officially incorporated under that name
in 2000. Adcraft, a local printwear
business owned by Dan and Colin
Sullivan, purchased Temple's from Bob
Norton in 2014. In 2018, Temple's
Sporting goods, a downtown Moline
fixture since 1928, moved across the
river to Bettendorf, IA.
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Guy Temple Inc. Moline
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Front Panel |
Bottom Specs Panel |
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