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- Manufacture - Ed Maynard Inc.
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Ed Maynard Inc. of Plymouth New
Hampshire was a company started up in
1932, by John Edward Maynard, son of
John Fernando Maynard, co-founder of
the Draper and Maynard Sporting Goods
Co.
Founded by Jason Draper and John F. Maynard in 1881, the D&M Company
became a pioneer in the manufacture of
baseball gloves when it produced a
padded model at the suggestion of a
baseball player. In 1900 Draper-Maynard
opened a new factory in Plymouth and
became a major supplier of baseball
equipment for both amateur and
professional teams. The business closed
in Plymouth in 1937 after the death of
John F. Maynard. That same year, P.
Goldsmith Sons Company of Cincinnati,
Ohio, purchased the rights to produce
sporting goods bearing the
Draper-Maynard name and Lucky Dog
trademark. Goldsmith stopped
manufacturing Draper-Maynard products
in 1962 when they merged with MacGregor
Sporting Goods.
John F. Maynard was a co-founder along with Jason Draper of the
Draper-Maynard Sporting Goods Co. in
1881. Maynard married Jason Draper's
sister and in 1885, they had a son,
John Edward Maynard. John Jr. used his
middle name Ed to avoid confusion in
the household. By 1914 Edward was an
officer and shareholder in the Draper
Maynard Co. He became a spokesman for
the company and did much of the public
relations. It is noted that Ed was
responsible for having Babe Ruth come
to the D&M factory.
John Maynard Sr. retired from D&M some time around 1929-30. Since Jason
Draper had died back in 1913, the
company was turned over to the sons of
both men to run. In
1932 John E. Maynard
incorporated the
Ed Maynard's Sporting Goods company,
manufacturers of outdoor
clothing, and of sports equipment that
included tennis rackets, Skis, uniforms,
baseball gloves, and bats. The baseball
bats are extremely rare. Ed
Maynard Inc. filed for bankruptcy in
1941.
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