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- A.C. McClurg & Co.
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A. C. McClurg was a stationer,
publisher, and book wholesaler for over
120 years in Chicago, Illinois. W. W.
Barlow & Co., which soon changed names
to S. C. Griggs & Co. began in 1844. It
was Chicago's first stationery store
and first retail bookstore. Alexander
McClurg was offered a partnership,
which changed its name to Jansen,
McClurg & Co. in 1872 after the Great
Chicago Fire of 1871. McClurg became
senior partner in 1887 and the company
took the name of A. C. McClurg & Co.
Under McClurg, the company became one of the leading book distributors and
publishers in the nation, and soon
added numerous other lines to its
wholesale catalog including sporting
goods. A.C. McClurg died in 1901, but
the company retained his name in
subsequent decades, remaining in
business until 1962. By 1923, McClurg
become a strictly wholesale house, even
selling its flagship downtown Chicago
bookstore to Brentano's.
The McClurg's line of baseball bats were produced from about the
1890s-1911. Models include: McClurg's
Winner Ring Bat; McClurg's Pennant;
McClurg's Champion, and McClurg's
McClurg's Selected. The Pennant and
Selected models were also produced with
a mushroom knob. The mushroom knob was
patented by Spalding in 1903, and were
common until about 1911. The Ring bats
were common to the 1890s.
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Winner Ring Bat |
McClurg's
Selected
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McClurg's Pennant Mushroom Knob |
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