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1960 Passon's Catalog


  Passon's Sport Center Gold Brand Athletic Goods Baseball Bats
   
 
  • CIRCA - 1920s-1970s
  • MANUFACTURER - Passon's Athletic Goods
 
 
NOTES:
 
   Harry J. Passon was the owner of a large sporting goods store in Philadelphia, PA who became the sponsor and owner of semi-pro and Negro Leagues teams. He bought and renovated a ballpark that became "Passon Field", which would host various Negro Leagues teams in the 1930s. He was instrumental in challenging and overturning Philadelphia's blue laws which prevented the playing of baseball games on Sundays.

 After World War I, Harry, J. Passon, along with his childhood friend, Ed Gottlieb, and Hughie Black opened PGB Sporting Goods, at 507 Market street in Philadelphia. By 1927, Passon bought out Gottlieb and Black and brought his younger brothers Nat, Morris, and Herman in to help him run the business. In 1953 the Sporting Goods store was forced to moved to 731-33 Arch street, when Philadelphia purchased the property to create a site for the Liberty Bell.

 On February 16, 1954 Passon was found Shot to death in the basement gun vault of the store. Henry Passon, would run the business until his retirement in 1973. In 1986, the BSN Corporation of Dallas acquired the Assets of Passon Sports Inc.

 Passon's had 4 different center brands. The "Gold Brand Athletic Goods" center brand which is listed in Passon's 1960 catalog includes. Kell Style, Semi-Pro, Little League No. LLB, and Junior.

The other three Brands (Below) include; "Passon Seasoned and Balanced," "Passon's Since 1919" and the "Passon's Sport Center Athletic Goods" brand which is similar to the Gold Brand logo.

 
 
Passon's Sport Center Philadelphia Baseball Bats



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