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MANUFACTURING PERIOD
Circa 1947
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RETAILOR
Western Auto Associate Stores
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Western Auto Supply Company—known more
widely as Western Auto—was a specialty
retail chain of stores that supplied
automobile parts and accessories.
Western Auto primarily sold products
under their own private labels,
including tires, batteries,
electronics, appliances, and tools.
Western Auto also sold sporting goods,
using the "Western's" private
store brand.
From about 1948 to 1956, baseballs,
baseball gloves and
bats featured
the "Western's" Western Auto circle
arrow logo. From 1956 through to the
1980s, Western Auto Associate Stores
sold Sporting goods under the private
"Revelation" label, which at first
featured the western Auto circle arrow.
In 1965 the
circle arrow was removed, leaving just
the "Revelation" script logo. Western
Auto issued baseball bats with the
"Wizard" branding around 1947. Wizard was a private
name brand used for appliances, tools,
batteries,
and typewriters.
Western Auto Stores Wizard brand block letter player endorsed
baseball bats include: Babe Ruth Model
Leaguer No. 284; Ernie Lombardi Model
Leaguer No. 284; Ducky Medwick Model
Leaguer No. 284; Lou Gehrig Model Major
League No. 286; Rogers Hornsby Model
Leaguer No. 416; Joe DiMaggio Model
Leaguer No. 416; Mel Ott Model Leaguer
No. 416; Mickey Vernon Model Leaguer
No. 416; Robert Doerr Model Leaguer No.
416;
Other Wizard Brand bats include: Champion model No. 282, No. 413, No.
X794; Official Softball No. 282, No.
466; Regulation Softball No. 290;
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Western Auto Stores
Baseball Bats |
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1948-1955 |
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1956-1965 |
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1966-1980s |
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