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GOLDSMITH BASEBALL BAT DATING GUIDE |
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The
Goldsmith sons Co.,
MacGregor Goldsmith, and MacGregor has used different center brands in
their history. The Logo samples pictured below are
dated to the years they appear in the Goldsmith
and Macgregor
catalogs. By matching the samples with the logo on your
bat you could approximately date to that era. Although
the total years each label was used has not been
determined, they do appear in chronological
order. Information will be
added as it becomes available. |
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Manufacturing Period
Description |
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| Pre-1912 Bat
Manufacturing Period |
| This is the earliest
known Goldsmith logo used. It
can be approximately dated to
about 1912 and earlier.
The center brand logo is a simple
circled cross with the
company name
"GOLDSMITH" sandwiched
between the words
"TRADE" &
"MARK" The catalog "No." below left & right of
the circle. |
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| 1912-1923 Bat
Manufacturing Period |
| This
Goldsmith
logo first shows up in
a 1906 catalog. It has
the same Trade Mark
Goldsmith logo cross
but a second circle is
added creating a border
that reads "THE
SPORTING GOODS WITH A
GUARANTEE" separated
by the word
"REGISTERED" at the bottom. There is another
variation with the the word "REGISTERED" is replaced
with a dot. It is most likely that "REGISTERED"
pre-dates the dot. The catalog "No." is placed
directly below the Goldsmith center brand |
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| 1917-1925 Bat
Manufacturing Period |
| This "Goldsmith
Bottle Bat" and the "Goldsmith Guaranteed" center brands
appear in 1917-1919
catalogs. Most of the Goldsmith center Brands have a decal on the barrel. The
Goldsmith Bottle bat Catalog No. 100 has a 300%
Class decal. There are bats in this era that feature a
Goldsmith Cross decal as the center
brand. |
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| 1922-1933 Bat
Manufacturing Period |
| This center brand is
loosely dated to 1922-1932. "GoldSmith"
is arched across the top, with "CINCINNATI.
OHIO" arched opposite, at the bottom. Centered
is the circled Gold Smith Cross logo. The top
of the cross reads "REG US" and the bottom
reads "PATOFF" The bat model on each side of
the circle. |
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| 1925-1933 Bat
Manufacturing Period |
| This center brand is loosely dated to
1928-1938. The top border of the football
shaped oval reads "P. GOLDSMITH'S SONS" with
"CINCINNATI - OHIO" at the bottom. Centered is
the circled GoldSmith Cross logo, with "TRADE"
at the top and "MARK" at the bottom with ornate
engraving on each side. The model number at the
bottom outside the oval. |
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| 1934-1939 Bat
Manufacturing Period |
| This Center brand has been
identified in a 1938
Goldsmith catalog and
still shows up in 1944
overlapping the
following label. The
Trademark Goldsmith
Logo cross is removed
perhaps because of its
resemblance to the
German Iron cross, at
the onset of WWII.
Starting from the top the label reads "~A~
GoldSmith
MADE IN U.S.A. Product" with
the catalog "No," below. The earlier
bats from this manufacturing period do not have
the "MADE IN U.S.A." stamping. |
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| 1940-1944 Bat
Manufacturing Period |
| This center brand
coexists with the
pervious label. "GoldSmith"
is at the
top with "MADE IN
U.S.A." just below.
There is also another
variation that has
"CINCINNATI" sandwiched
between
GoldSmith
& MADE IN U.S.A. Below
the
GoldSmith
logo the "a
Preferred
PRODUCT" slogan
logo is added. The
catalog "No." below. |
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NOTE: The possible
explanation of the two center brans coexisting is the first logo
pictured at the top was used for baseball bats that were sold in
other companies catalogs, and the second pictured at the
bottom, is exclusive to Goldsmith catalogs. |
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| 1945-1952 Bat
Manufacturing Period |
| Some time around 1944
a merger took place and Goldsmith added the MacGregor name to their
products. The company
became known as "MacGregor
Goldsmith" The new vertical bat label reads
from the top (from right to left): "Made in U.S.A"
above the newly designed MacGregor, "M" logo,
below that is "MacGregor GoldSmith" in
script, within a fashioned Goldsmith "G" logo.
The bottom of the logo reads "REG. U.S. PAT.
OFF." with the catalog "No." below. |
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| 1952-1963 Bat
Manufacturing Period |
In 1952 the Goldsmith
name was dropped
entirely and the
company was simply
called MacGregor. The
center brand is basically the same as the year
before, the vertical bat label reads from the
top (from right to left): "Made in U.S.A"
above the MacGregor, "M" logo, followed by an
enclosed "MacGregor" script logo. The
Registered trademark 
is placed below the MacGregor
enclosure, with the catalog number below. |
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1963-1964 Bat
Manufacturing Period |
| This newly designed
Center Brand features an enclosed "MacGregor"
script logo followed by the
Registered trademark
centered below an
enclosure that reads; 'MADE IN U.S.A." above
the catalog "No." and above an enclosed
"CINCINNATI, OHIO" |
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| 1965-1966 Bat
Manufacturing Period |
| By 1961 MacGregor becomes a division of
the Brunswick Corporation, and the Brunswick
boxed in "B" logo is added to the top replacing
the catalog No. below "MADE IN U.S.A."
above the "MacGregor" script logo. The Catalog
"No." is now place below the enclosed
"CINCINNATI, OHIO" at the bottom. |
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| In 1967 the Brunswick Corporation buys out MacGregor, but
the Brunswick logo is removed and the MacGregor brand name
continues to be used. The
font for the first "G"
in the MacGregor script
logo is changed and is used for all bats made after. Some time after 1974 "Made in U.S.A." is removed and there are different
variations of the
same MacGregor logo
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| Goldsmith History |
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P. Goldsmith's Sons Co. a sporting
goods & baseball glove manufacturer, founded by Philip
Goldsmith. After a short partnership with Wolf Fletcher in
1875, making baseballs, the company was known as P. Goldsmith &
Co. by 1890. In 1906 the name was changed to P. Goldsmith's
Sons Co. Goldsmith bought out two struggling sporting goods
companies in 1936 & 1937. Draper Maynard and Crawford, McGregor
& Canby Co. which became MacGregor Golf Co. Around 1944
Goldsmith added the MacGregor name to their products and became
known as "MacGregor Goldsmith" Finally, in 1952 the Goldsmith
name was dropped entirely and the company was simply called MacGregor.
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MacGregor History |
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MacGregor - Originally the Crawford, McGregor & Canby Co. and
then MacGregor Golf Co. P.Goldsmith & sons purchased the
company in 1936 in an effort to expand their product line and
market share. Around 1944 Goldsmith added the MacGregor name to
their products and became known as "MacGregor Goldsmith" an
attempt to trade on the prestigious image the MacGregor company
had earned. Finally, in 1952 the Goldsmith name was dropped
entirely and the company was simply called MacGregor. MacGregor becomes a division of
the Brunswick Corporation by 1961 and in 1967 the Brunswick
Corporation buys out MacGregor.
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