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MANUFACTURER
- C. Prouty & Co.
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The C. Prouty & Co. tool handle
company was established sometime around
1905 by Chester and Agnes Prouty, in
Eldred, Pennsylvania. In 1897, Chester
Prouty patented a machine for rolling
tapered metal, to improve the
manufacture of tools-such as
crosscut-saws, handsaws,
cutlery-blades, and analogous articles.
The company conducted business to at
least 1944, around the time the
baseball bats were produced, as evident by the dated ink
blotter (pictured below) advertising
company products; "Wood Turnings,
Ball Bats, Peavies, and Peavy handles."
The vertical center brand in the shape of a keystone, with a baseball
inside reads "C. Prouty & Co." above
the baseball, and
Eldred, PA." below. Inside the baseball
reads "Keystone League" Model
numbers stamped into the handle side of
the center brand include: 24; 43-1; 44;
45-2; 45-3; and 46-2.
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C. Prouty & Co.
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1944 Advertising Ink Blotter |
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