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These "Indian" baseball bats, with the
simple line word Indian, enclosed in a
diamond, are a generic brand that were sold in drug and discount
stores. There are no manufacture
trademarks, or business location, so it
would be difficult at best, or close to
impossible to identify the
manufacturer. The bats might have been
produced by a woodworking shop to
generate extra income during tough
times.
The bats have nothing to do with the Indian Motorcycle Manufacturing
Company, as described in some ebay
listings. If they were connected, the
bat would feature an Indian trademark
logo.
Trademark logos are the face of the company, designed to be recognized by
the consumer, and it represent the
brand. Below are two examples of the
Indian Trademark logos. The one thing
that is consistent with the many logos
used since 1901 when the company was
founded, is the unique cursive typeface.
Just the word "Indian" alone, using
this cursive typeface, is enough to be
recognized by the consumer. There is no
way that the diamond Indian logo on
this bat, could represent the Indian
Motorcycle Manufacturing Company.
The bat is loosely dated to about the 1930s, at the start of the Great
Depression, to about the 1960s. The
Indian bats have a unique knob, a style
that major baseball bat manufactures
didn't use. This might be another
indication that the bat was made by a
woodworking shop, where baseball bats
were not their main product.
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