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MANUFACTURER
- Hanna MFG Co.
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This "Tatem Brand" baseball bat was
produced by the
Hanna MFG Co. of Athens Georgia.
The company was established in 1911 by
Clay Hanna. The company turned out
handles for scoops, shovels, and spades
in Macon, GA, then moved to Athens
Georgia in 1921. William Burke, founded
the Burke Golf Company in 1910. After
losing control of the company to Robert
Crandall in 1922, Burke left the firm
in 1925, and formed a partnership with
Clay Hanna, and Robert Crandall's
brother L.W. Crandall, who was vice
president of the Hanna Manufacturing
Company.
In 1925 Hanna expanded into making toy bats for discount and department
stores which featured the Burke-Hanna
MFG. C., "Flying Bat" trademark logo.
By 1927 Hanna started the production of
baseball bats for sporting goods
stores, colleges, and Major League
ballplayers.
Hanna produced the privately branded baseball bat for a company named
Tatem around 1934-1935. The dating
based on the Batrite "Flying Bat" logo
branding used by Hanna. The SA (wood
finish) on the left, and model number
on the right. Tatem
might have been a discount,
drug, hardware or sporting goods store,
that carried Hanna Bats.
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Hanna MFG Co. Tatem
Brand Baseball Bat |
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1934-1935 Hanna Batrite Center
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