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J.C. Higgins
Sears Brand Baseball
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MANUFACTURING PERIOD
1908-1961
MANUFACTURER
Louisville Slugger
for the Sears Roebuck
and Co.
Chicago, Illinois a
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From 1908 until 1961 Sears, Roebuck &
Company sold a wide variety of sporting
goods, under the brand name "J. C.
Higgins." John Higgins was the manager
of the headquarters' office
bookkeepers, and consented to
Sears use of his name for a new line of
sporting goods. Since he did not have a
middle initial, Sears added the "C." In
1908, the Western Sporting Goods
Company (Wilson) began putting J.C.
Higgins on baseballs and baseball
gloves sold in Sears catalogs. As
documented by catalogs Louisville
Slugger made the baseball bats. The
J.C. Higgins brand disappeared shortly
after Sears introduced the Ted Williams
brand of sporting and recreation goods
in 1961. Sears branded baseball bats
were also produced during this time.
The J.C. Higgins baseball bat center brand features the
"JCHiggins"
script trademark logo inside an oval.
At the top reads "SELECT QUALTY," with
the model number below. Sears used a
4 digit model number starting with
"69--" By 1920 model numbers in the
"1600's" were used, and in 1925 Sears
used a 4 digit number
starting with "17--" The
1700 model numbers were exclusive to
Sears baseball bats even after 1961,
when sears introduced the Ted Williams
brand of sporting goods, replacing the
J.C. Higgins brand.
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J.C. Higgins Sears
Brand Baseball Bats |
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1914 Sears Catalog |
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1935 Sears Catalog |
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