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Peters
Weather-Bird Shoes
Premium Baseball Bats |
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Item Details |
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MANUFACTURING PERIOD
1910s-1950s
MANUFACTURER
International Shoe
Company
St. Louis, Missouri
Information
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Keymancollectibles.com
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The Peters Shoe Company, established
in 1892 by Henry William Peters of St.
Louis, used the original Weatherbird image for
promotions from 1907 to 1932. The
Weatherbird was a cartoon character in
a comic strip that was first published
in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
newspaper in 1901. Drawn by Harry B.
Martin the Weatherbird logo was used on
many promotional items such as
whistles, Clickers, noisemakers, and
baseball bats. By the 1940's Peters
Shoes used a new "Weather-Bird"
logo of a Weathervane Chicken (Roster),
that was also used on the baseball bats.
The early bats made before 1932, feature a circled center brand that reads
"PETERS" at the top, "SHOES" at the
bottom, separated by a diamond that
inside reads "DIAMOND BRAND" The barrel
features the Harry B. Martin "Boy
Weatherbird" (there is also a girl
Weatherbird that appears in ads) and to
the right reads "PETERS WEATHERBIRD,
SHOES FOR BOYS"
The later bats that were made by the 1940's feature the new Weather-Bird
logo which is a Weathervane Chicken and
inside the logo reads, "PETERS
WEATHER-BIRD SHOES" The barrel reads
"Big League" in cursive branding.
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