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BASEBALL BAT
DATING GUIDE |
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| References |
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| Arlans 1971 Newspaper Ad |
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1927 Butler Brothers
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E.J. Korvette Corsair Baseball Gloves |
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Glove ad |
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American Eagle 1951
Spiegel
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JC Higgins 1948
Sears Catalog Ad |
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1938 Great Western Athletic Goods Catalog |
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1953 Granton & Knight Grako
Juvenile Sporting Equipment Trade Pamphlet |
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Marathon 1930 Montgomery Ward Catalog Ad |
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1920 Pennant Baseball Glove Catalog Ad |
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1959 Kennedy Sporting Goods MFG Co. Catalog |
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1940 Belknap Hardware Baseball Glove Catalog Ad |
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1960 Gambles
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1965 Johnny Walker
Baseball Glove ad |
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1947 Maximus Brand
B.F. Goodrich Dealership |
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MasterCraft - CTC Canadian Tire Corp. |
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1948 Ripon Knitting Works Baseball Glove Catalog |
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Western's - 1953 Western Auto Supply Co. Catalog |
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1939 Tyron TruSport Catalog |
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1980 Nesco |
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1932 Belknap Hardware |
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1938 Great Western |
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MISCELLANEOUS & STORE BRAND
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This guide
will help identify and date your miscellaneous and
lesser known branded baseball gloves. A catalog of
private in-store brands of baseball
gloves sold by; hardware, drug, discount, and
department stores. Samples with links lead to
additional company information on baseball glove
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Brand Sample A-Z |
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Company - Description |
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Alex Taylor & Co.
which at one time was one of the major Sporting Goods
store located in New York, N.Y. was established in
1897. The company carried a large line of equipment for
a variety of sports that included; basketball,
lacrosse, fencing, skiing, golf, tennis, Football &
baseball. It is not known when the company went out of
business but like most of the independent outlets, they
most likely succumbed to the onset of the large chains.
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American Eagle was the
in-store brand used on baseball gloves sold in the
Spiegel mail order catalog. Most of the gloves were
offered in the catalogs during the 1940's and 1950's.
Baseball glove endorsed models included; Al Simmons,
Bill Werber, Dick Culler No. 600, Hoot Evers No. 1709,
Jelly Sorelle No. 53V7003, and the 1951 issue Warren
Spahn no. 7025, manufactured by Hutch. |
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American Royale was the
in-store brand used on baseball gloves sold by
Pamida Department Stores. The chain store was Gibson's
Discount center's largest franchisee to withdraw
from the Gibson chain around 1977. Pamida was sold in
1981. The discount store quality baseball gloves where
imported and featured only a "Pro Model" baseball glove
featuring model numbers such as; 85-27, 85-28, 85-30,
85-40. 97-3149, PW, P06, or P 10. |
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The American Sporting
Goods Co. was established by Harold Siebens at 2621
Olive Street, St. Louis MO. The company operated from
about 1933 until 1948 when Sieben sold the company
because of health reason. The Dowd Sorting Goods Co.
was organized in March of 1948, to succeed the
American Sporting Goods Co. at 1006 Olive Street.
A petition of reorganization was filed by the Dowd
Sporting Goods Co. under the bankruptcy act, in 1949.
Privately branded American Sporting Goods Co. baseball
Gloves produced by Wilson include a N-7 "Williams
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Arlan's was a
discount chain store founded in 1945 by William,
Herbert, and Lester Palestine. The chain peaked in size
at 119 stores in 1970, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
In 1973, and closed by 1975. Arlan's sold name brand
baseball equipment, but for a short time from
bout 1963-1971, Arlan's imported baseball gloves from
Japan, with an Arlan's branded cloth patch on the back
wristband. The patch reads: "Pro Model, Most Valuable
player, Baseball Glove, By Arlans Japan" along the
perimeter, and "MVP" in the center. There is
no Arlans branding on the front. |
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Bellnap was a wholesale
hardware supply company established in 1840. Since 1890
their catalog offered a line of sporting goods which
included baseball gloves. The baseball gloves were made
by sporting Goods manufacturers that placed the Belknap
logo on the gloves. The earliest gloves feature 1 inch
web from the 1910's and player endorsement gloves from
the later years include; Lou Gehrig No. 52-F21 base
mitt, Joe DiMaggio No. D-204, fielders glove,
and Jim Hegan No. D52-F42 Catchers Mitt. The company
went bankrupt in 1985. |
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| BLS - Buffalo
Leather Supply Co. |
The Buffalo Leather Supply Company produced Leather
sporting goods such as Footballs, baseballs, and
baseball gloves. The athletic equipment was sold in
discount and hardware stores, that included
Belknap hardware & Manufacturing Co., and Arco sporting
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Established in 1943 Cambridge Sporting Goods
Corp. was a sporting Goods wholesale
distributor located in North
Bergen NJ, They carried a full
line of sporting goods made by the major manufactures
but also carried a Cambridge line of sporting goods
that were manufactured and privately branded for them
by other companies. Their baseball gloves were imported
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| Coast To Coast
Hardware Store |
The Coast to Coast hardware store chain was founded in
Minneapolis in 1928. All the stores had a set layout,
12 departments, with inventory such as; housewares,
gifts, appliances, auto supplies, electrical plumbing,
garden supplies, paint, toys, and sporting goods which
included baseball gloves. The Coast to Coast store
brand baseball gloves were manufactured by the Denkert
sporting Goods company. In 1990, Servistar purchased
Coast to Coast, and by 1997 merged with True Value, and
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Corsair was the
instore name brand
of the E.J. Korvette department
store. Korvette's offered a large variety of high
quality brand name merchandise, at a discount. Corsair
merchandise included such items as; Smith-Corona
Corsair Typewriter, Tennis Rackets, Golf balls, Camera
accessories, Air Mattress, Binoculars, Opera Glasses,
and Baseball Gloves. E.J. Korvette, Corsair baseball
glove were manufactured and imported from Japan. The
cloth patch on the back has an "EKJ" - E.J. Korvette
Logo. Models include: F-600 Fielders' Gloves;
T-1000 Trapper Base Mitts;
and C-2000, Catchers' Mitts. |
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Co. Shapleigh |
The Diamond MFG, Co. "Diamond Brand" is the in-store
brand for the Shapleigh Hardware Co. St. Louis,
Missouri. Founded in 1843 by Augustus Frederick
Shapleigh, by the early 1900's the Hardware supplier
carried a full range of household goods, hardware,
guns, and knives with the private brand "Diamond Edge"
logo. In 1901 Saunders Norvell of Simmons Hardware,
bought into the company and used the name, Norvell-Shapleigh
Hardware. In 1918 the name was changed to Shapleigh
Hardware Co. Their catalog also included a line of
baseball gloves. |
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Ed Maynard Inc. of
Plymouth New Hampshire was a company started up in
1932, by John Edward Maynard, son of John Fernando
Maynard, co-founder of the Draper and Maynard Sporting
Goods Co. Ed Maynard's Sporting Goods company, was a
manufacturer of outdoor clothing, and of sports
equipment that included tennis rackets, Skis, uniforms,
baseball bats and gloves. Ed Maynard Inc. filed for
bankruptcy in 1941. The few baseball glove models that
were produced in the short time the company was in
business include, Professional Model No. F50, and All
Star No. F34. |
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Firestone Olympian was the
private in store brand sold by Firestone Home and Auto
Supply stores. Firestone sold a line of outdoor
equipment, and sporting goods, made by some of the
major sporting good companies such as Spalding. At one
time the Denkert Sporting Goods Company made the gloves
for Firestone and placed the private Firestone Olympian
brand on them. Endorsed models include; Charlie Keeler,
Rudy York, Phil Rizzuto, Bob Doerr, Phil Masi, Johnny Mize, and
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Folsom Arms was a
retailer and distributor of firearms and sporting goods
back in the late 1800's. They branched out into
Athletic equipment in the 1890's through an agreement
with A.G. Spalding, who manufactured the gloves with
the Folsom brand. Denkert made gloves for Folsom in the
later years. The Trademark Folsom High Quality Sporting
Goods logo was used on all Folsom sporting Good
products. Folsom arms closed shop sometime around the
1950's. |
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Franklin, a sporting goods
company founded by Sydney, and Irving H. Franklin was
established in 1946. After the Korean War The company
moved on to make footballs and other sports equipment,
toys and sports medicine products. In 1962, Irving
Franklin went to Japan and began to import baseball
gloves. Franklin created the first leather batting
glove. Vintage baseball glove block letter player
endorsements include: Billy Goodman; Jim Piersall,
Bobby Doerr, fielders gloves; Yogi Berra, Del Crandall
Sammy White, catchers mitts; and Hodges Model first
Base Mitt. |
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The Geo. A Reach co. was
founded in 1937, by A. J. Reach's son George. He
acquired the Algen MFG Co., a sports equipment factory
in Greensboro North Carolina which was a branch plant
of A.J. Reach between 1911-1936. During WWII it
Operated as a government-contracted supplier of tents
for soldiers in the field. George Reach declared his
business was not affiliated with A.J. Reach. (this
disclaimer is stamped on many George A. Reach gloves)
The Geo. A. Reach Co. factory was in the sporting
equipment business until 1958 when it was purchased by
Hutch Sports U.S.A. |
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The Geo. Worthington Co.
was a wholesale Hardware company located in Cleveland,
Ohio. It was started by a 16 year old George
Worthington in 1829. The advent of the railroad and the
Civil War stimulated the company's growth. By 1870 the
firm began issuing yearly catalogs as sales reached
$1.5 million, and incorporated in 1887. From 1986-88
the company reorganized under Chapter 11 of the U.S.
bankruptcy law, and in 1991 the company ceased to
exist, after 162 years in business. Other logos include
"G.W.CO" and "Anniversary" |
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W. T. Grant or Grants
was a United States–based chain of mass-merchandise
stores founded by William Thomas Grant that operated
from 1906 until 1976.The "Friendly Family stores" were
generally of the variety store format "Known for
Values." Grants carried a line of Norwood baseball
gloves imported from Japan, from about 1962-1964.
"Grants" branded baseball gloves were also produced
around the same time, and into the 1970s. Grants models
included: Pro Model 39727, Bo Belinsky 4933, Chuck
Tanner Autograph 39511, Fielders Gloves; Len
Gabrielson Autograph 5020 base mitt; Pro Model 39578,
Pro Sports 39792 Catchers Mitt. |
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Graton & Knight
Manufacturing Co. was established in Worcester,
Massachusetts in 1851, as tanners and manufacturers of
leather belting and other leather goods. Throughout its
peak years the company processed over 300,000 hides
annually. The company produced a Grako line of leather
toys in the 1950s, such as Cowboy holsters and suits,
Hobby Craft kits, Juvenile Sporting equipment which
included; boxing gloves, basketballs, footballs, and
"Star Player" baseball gloves. The baseball gloves also
came in packaged sets, which included 1952 Topps
Baseball Trading Cards. |
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Morrison-Ricker Mfg Co. |
Established in 1857,
the Morrison-Ricker Mfg company of Grinnell, Iowa
was most famous for their driving gloves. They
manufactured all styles of gloves, in addition to a
line of baseball gloves. Athletic goods such as
baseball gloves were not their standard production item
but were only made in slack times at the factory. They
had an interest in the sporting goods business and in
1923 Morrison-Ricker nerged with the Lannom Mfg.
company from Tennessee. In 1921 George Lannon
established the "Worth" trademark for the sporting
goods division of Lannom Manufacturing company. |
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Great Western Athletic
Goods of Chicago was primarily a uniform manufacturer
that operated out of Chicago, Illinois. Thomas E.
Wilson & Co. Athletic Goods wanting to establish a
niche in the uniform market, came to a distribution
agreement with Great Western in 1925. Wilson produced
Great Western branded baseball equipment for the GW
catalog, with the GW script logo. By the 1950s Franklin
Sports produced baseball gloves for Great Western with
the logo pictured on the left. |
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Hiawatha was the
in-store brand for Gambles department store. The
Hiawatha brand name was a Gambles registered trademark
filed in 1949, and was used for some of their sporting
good products such as outboards, fishing rods,
bicycles, baseball bats, and gloves. The catalog
numbers for their baseball gloves started with the
prefix 25- followed by a 4 digit number. The Denkert
Sporting Goods Company made baseball gloves for
Gambles, using the Hiawatha brand name. |
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Hillcrest Sporting Goods
Inc., with a warehouse located in Queens Village, NY,
was a sporting goods distributor, which operated from
about 1962 to 1981. The company had a business
relationship with the Trio Sporting Goods MFG. Company.
Both companies distributed imported and domestic
sporting goods. Like "Trio Hollander," they imported
baseball gloves from the Far East, made from leather processed
by A.J. Hollander. Hillcrest used the "Hollander" name
brand on their gloves. |
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H&P Glove Co. -
Hutchens & Potter was a manufacturer that produced a
brand of gloves which included dress gloves, driving
and bicycle gloves. Established in 1889 by William C.
Hutchens, George C. Potter and Godfrey Hillabrandt, the
company produced the H&P brand of gloves in their plant
located in Johnstown, N.Y. However, the baseball gloves
were produced by Denkert Sporting Goods who was also
located in Johnstown. Known models
include; 800B RH first Base mitt, and Rollie Hemsley
1000C Catchers Mitt. The gloves can be loosely dated to
the 1920s-1950s. |
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The Jackoway and Katz Cap
Company was established at 1231 Washington Street, in
St. Louis MO, sometime around 1919. The company
manufactured "Triangle Caps," a line of hats and caps
for men, boys, and children. It was very common for a
haberdashery to give away a Free baseball bat, or mitt
with the purchase of a boys suit. This "Boys" canvas
baseball mitt might have been part of such a premium
during the 1920s. |
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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. John Higgins 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 baseball gloves sold in Sears
catalogs. The J.C. Higgins brand disappeared shortly
after Sears introduced the Ted Williams brand of
sporting and recreation goods in 1961. |
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The Johnny Walker brand
was a line of baseball gloves were distributed to, and
sold in Gibson's Discount Centers. Although the
majority of gloves were imported from Japan or Korea, Denkert manufactured
3 signature models; Monte Irvin, Bill Goodman, and Del
Crandall under the Johnny Walker brand name. Johnny
Walker models include: FG48, FG605,
FG200, FG300, FG555, Fielders gloves, B-22, J-2, B8000
first Base mitt, and C222, C3000, C3900, Catchers
Mitts. The Denkert Sporting Goods Co. produced |
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In 1952, the Kennedy
Sporting Goods MFG Co., a new company headed by J.
Lawrence Kennedy purchased the Ken-Wel Sporting Goods
Co. of Utica, from the president of the company Allen
Kennedy. Lawrence Kennedy was not related to the Ken-Wel
Kennedy brothers. The Ken-Wel building was not part of
the purchased, which remained in the ownership of the
firm selling the business. The new company leased the
space in the building and continued to produce the
company's brands. “Kennedy” replaced the “Ken-Wel”
brand name on some of the products. The company
operated until 1960. |
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Kent was a
manufacture and distributor of discount store sporting
goods from the late 1960's to the 1980's. Established
in 1959, the Kent Sporting Goods Company, Inc.
originally based in Batesville, Mississippi was founded
as a subsidiary of Eagle Rubber Company, a manufacturer
of football gear, helmets and uniforms. Products
included; life vests, lawn games and accessories,
Tether ball sets, basketballs, back boards, Golf bags,
football equipment, baseballs, softballs, and baseball
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LASCO - Laredo Army
Surplus Company, was started up in 1946 by brothers
George and Sam and Wernick, after George returned from
WWII service, in the Army Air Corp. After serving San
Antonio, Texas for 13 years, in 1960 George and his
wife Lillian, expanded LASCO Cut Rate Center at 6127
San Pedro Avenue. The Wernicks offered "the thriftiest
department store and gas station in town." The
following year in 1961, LASCO closed it's doors. LASCO
branded baseball gloves seem have been made by unknown
manufacturers during the 1950s to 1960. Models include;
"Professional Model' fielders gloves, and Base-Mitts. |
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Lawlor's Sporting
Goods was established in Lincoln, Nebraska, as the
Lawlor Cycle Co., in 1896 by Nicholas Lawlor.
Among the earliest product lines sold were Harley
Davidson motorcycles. The company later expanded,
operating two stores in Lincoln, and two in Omaha.
Following market trends Lawlor's supplied customers
with items such as phonographs, records, hardware,
household appliances, and always maintained a full line
of sporting goods. The Lawlor's brand baseball gloves
were manufactured by Hutch Sporting goods. Known models
produced in the late '40's early 50's include; No. 100
DiMaggio, and the No. 500 Connie Ryan. |
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Founded in 1876 the McKinnon Dash Co. was
a manufacturer of dashboards for horse
drawn buggies and carriages. The company also
manufactured other products such as bicycles, canvas
goods and welded chain. In 1927, the McKinnon Dash Co.
purchased Bon Tober Sporting Goods, a manufacture of
baseball gloves and balls. After 1930 McKinnon
began producing a complete line of leather sporting
goods, under the "McKinnon" brand name. |
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Marathon is the
in-store brand of Sporting Goods sold in the Montgomery
Ward mail order catalog. Montgomery Ward also carried a
line of baseball gloves with the private labeled
Marathon Brand, Hawthorne, Wards/Hawthorne, as well as
a Montgomery Ward brand that included gloves imported
from Korea. The earliest baseball gloves feature the
Marathon Trademark Shield logo, and also used a
plain "MW" logo in the later years. The retailer
operated between 1872 and 2000. |
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Maximus was a brand of
baseball gloves sold by B.F. Goodrich Tire Stores, and
dealers. It is believed that Denkert Sporting Goods
Co. made the Maximus brand baseball
gloves. B.F. Goodrich catalog also carried toys,
bicycles, and sporting goods which included baseball
gloves. Player endorsed models include; Ray Mack, Joe Medwick H116 (block letter) Pee Wee Reese
H117 Pete Reiser Maximus H1114, Rip
Collins H119 Baseman's mitt, Sam Leslie H121 Baseman's
Mitt, Bill Dickey Catchers Mitt, |
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CTC - Canadian Tire Corp. |
Mastercraft is the store
brand for the Canadian retail chain Canadian Tire
Corporation. The CTC catalog included tires & tubes,
auto suplies, tools, house paints, house and garden
supplies, electronic, toys, bicycles, and sporting goods
which included baseball gloves under the Mastercraft
brand name. Canadian Tire also sold baseball gloves
inder the "CTC" brand by the 1960s. Mastercraft glove
models include: S702 Semi-Pro, S969 Trapper first
base mitt, and C60 Rollie Hemsley endorsed catchers
mitt. CTC models use a prefix followed by a four digit
number. |
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The Midwest Sporting Goods
Mfg. Co. was located at 2200 N Eleventh Street Milwaukee
Wisconsin. The company manufactured Juvenile and
discount store quality children's baseball gloves
duringthe late 1930s-1950s.
MIDCO. baseball glove models include: F36V, F44 Spahn Model, F50, Burton Hickies F66, F55V Pafko
Model, Boone Model F64V, F64V Kuenn Model, Reese Model,
F29, 310, 700, 933, and League Model, fielders gloves. -
B124 Hodges Model, B80 baseman's mitt - C36, C211, C219,
317, catchers mitts |
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NESCO - National Enameling
and stamping company was internationally famous for its
graniteware cooking utensils in the late nineteenth and
early twentieth centuries. In the 1950s, NESCO was
purchased by Knapp Monarch Company of St. Louis, and
continued to distribute a wide range of products "By
Nesco" From about 1967-1983, Nesco also produced
baseballs, baseball bats and discount store quality
baseball gloves. The cloth patch on the back reads "A
NESCO ALL STAR PRODUCT"s. |
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| Noah's Ark
Auto Accessories Inc. |
Noah's Ark Auto
Accessories stores operated from 1925-1966, in
Rochester, Buffalo, and Syracuse New York. The
department stores carried a wide range of merchandise
that included, auto accessories, hardware, electronics,
and sporting goods which included baseball equipment
made by the major manufactures. The Baseball gloves
were made for them with the in-store Noah's Ark brand.
Player endorsed glove models include; Buck Crouse 858A
catchers mitt, Babe Dahlgren 856 base mitt, Lloyd
Waner 850, Pee Wee Reese V302, Vince DiMaggio 849E,
Earl Averill G52, and Chet Laabs V301 fielders gloves. |
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W. T. Grant or Grants was a
United States–based chain of mass-merchandise stores
founded by William Thomas Grant that operated from 1906
until 1976.The "Friendly Family stores" were generally
of the variety store format "Known for Values." Grants
carried a line of Norwood baseball gloves imported from
Japan, from about 1962-1964. "Grants" branded baseball
gloves were also produced around the same time, and
into the 1970s. Norwood models included: Professional
Model No. 1000, 3500 youth, Model 2000, 3000 fielders
gloves; Professional No 4000 base mitt; Professional
Model 5000 Catchers Mitt. |
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Pennant
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Pennant was a brand
of sporting goods sold in the Butler Brothers
general merchandise mail order catalog. Their
catalog consisted of a full line of Pennant
brand sporting goods. The company carried
baseball equipment made by major sporting good
manufactures such as Spalding, Reach, and the
Thomas E. Wilson Co. makers of the Pennant
brand label. Rawlings might have produced
gloves with the Pennant brand in later years. |
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Reliance (H.
Niedecken Company)
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The "Reliance" brand
baseball gloves with the anchor logo were made
by the H. Niedecken Company, which was founded
in 1847 by Henry Niedecken Sr. in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. It was a well respected bookbinder
and blank-book manufacture that later produced
and sold, office supplies, office furniture,
stationary, and among other items that included
toys, decorative china, "Holiday Novelties"
druggists' sundries, and Base Ball Goods. Based
on newspaper ads, their baseball equipment,
bats, gloves, and mitts, are loosely dated to
about 1900-1909. |
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Revelation (Western Auto 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
also sold sporting goods, dating back to about
the 1930's or '40's using the "Western's"
private store brand. By the mid 1950's Western
Auto switched to the Revelation brand of
Sporting goods which had a similar logo. In
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Ripon Knitting
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Founded in 1880, the
Ripon Knitting Works company of Wisconsin
manufactured an extensive line of casual
footwear, slippers socks, hosiery, gloves and
mittens. In 1942 the company won a contract to
manufacture Mitten shells for the U.S. Army and Navy. They
also started producing baseball gloves for the
Army during the war. After the war in 1946
Ripon issued their first catalog to the
Sporting Goods Trade. Models featured in their
catalogs issue through 1946, and 1948 include,
The No. 10Z - Zipper Heel, No. 42 -
ambidextrous baseball glove, and No. 40, raised
pad softball glove. |
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R.K. Mizuno & Co. Victory Cup |
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Brothers Ltd was f ounded in 1906, by Rihachi
Mizuno and his younger brother Rizo, in Osaka,
Japan. In 1913 the firm began to manufacture
baseballs and gloves, The name of the company
was changed to Mizuno Co., Ltd., in 1941. The
first American factory was established in Los
Angeles, under the denomination American Mizuno
in 1961. Today, Mizuno is a global corporation
which makes a wide variety of sports equipment
and sportswear. |
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Royce
Union - (Time Square Stores) |
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by George Seedman in 1929, Times Square Stores
(TSS), was a department store chain based in
New York City that operated from 1929 to 1989.
Seedman owned the Royce Union brand name and
used it on a variety of sporting goods which
included; bicycles & accessories, swim masks,
fishing gear, and baseball gloves. The cloth
patch on the back of the baseball gloves
features the Royce Union crowned-R logo as used
on their bicycle badges. Some gloves feature it
on the front brand stamping. Player endorsed
baseball gloves include Phil Rizzuto Signature
model 7088 fielders glove. |
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Simmons American |
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Simmons American is
a Trademarked brand of Sporting Goods used by
the Simmons Hardware Company. Founded by Edward
Simmons in 1859, The company became the largest
hardware store in the world by 1910. Their 1912
mail order catalog included a line of sporting
goods, that featured a Simmons American branded
"Duck Web" baseball glove. in 1940, Simmons
declared bankruptcy and was bought out by rival
hardware supplier, Shapleigh's of St. Louis.
Simmons American Branded gloves were
manufactured by companies such as Spalding,
Wilson and Rawlings. |
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Sell Sporting Goods Co. |
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Sell was a Sorting
goods manufacturing company, located at 115
Schroyer Ave. SW, in Canton Ohio. The company
was an outgrowth of Sell Horse Goods Co., owned
by William Sell, and bought out by Thomas
Wilson for the manufacture of gloves and balls,
in 1914. William Sell was also an inventor who
held a patent of an innovative wrist strap
found on some early Wilson baseball mitts.. The
short lived Sell Brand baseball goods were sold
at stores like the Altoona Leather Store in
Pennsylvania, or A.L. Foster Co. clothiers,
hatters, & men's furnishers in Connecticut. |
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Sportmaster |
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Sportmaster was a
brand of discount store sports equipment which
included; Bicycles, fishing &
camping gear, archery and table tennis sets,
footballs, basketballs, and
baseball gloves. The brand was sold in
various discount, department, and hardware
stores. Glove models included, Ted's Model,
Mickey's Model No. 6043,and Mickey Lolich
model No. 70357 fielders gloves - Professional
Models No.s 6205, 6225 & 6235 first baseman's
mitt - Professional model No.s 6327,
70365 catchers mitt. |
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Town & Country |
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Town & Country was a
brand name of baseball gloves imported from
Japan, which were sold in discount stores such
as; Pay Less Drug Stores; Raley's Drug Center;
Rink's Department Store; Cullum & Boren
Sporting Goods, from the early 1960's to the
1970s.Town & Country baseball glove models
include; K-145, K-215 Little League, F-533,
F-337 Sports Masters, TC-220 Handcraft Professional; T-1998 Field Master, H1200 Field
Master, TC-140, TC-220, TC-7700, TC-788,
Professional Model, Fielders Gloves; F-3000
First Base-Mitt; TC-1063 Major League, C-2011
Professional Catchers Mitt. |
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Trio Hollander
Sporting Goods MFG Co. |
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Ralph S. Bell a
survivor of Nazi concentration camps,
immigrated to the U.S. after WWII. In 1947 he
met up with 2 other survivors, and started up
the Trio Sporting Goods in Chicago. Trio
imported baseball gloves from Korea made from
leather processed by A.J. Hollander, sold under
the "Trio Hollander brand name until 1972. Signature model
glove endorsements include; Joe DiMaggio, Frank
Howard, Vad Pinson, Ed Kranpool, Ted Abernathy
Gerry Grote, Milt Papas, Dean Chance, Bud
Harrelson, Donn Clendenon, and Bobby Murcer. |
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Trio
Sporting Goods MFG Co. |
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Ralph S. Bell a
survivor of Nazi concentration camps,
immigrated to the U.S. after WWII. In 1947 he
met up with 2 other survivors, and started up
the Trio Sporting Goods in Chicago. In 1972 The
Atlanta based firm, A-L Sports acquired Trio
Sporting Goods MFG Co., and removed "Hollander"
from the Logo. The new logo featured 3
Interlocking rings at the top. Signature model
glove endorsements include; Joe DiMaggio, Frank
Howard, Vad Pinson, Ed Kranpool, Ted Abernathy
Gerry Grote, Milt Papas, Dean Chance, Bud
Harrelson, Donn Clendenon, and Bobby Murcer. |
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Trojan (M.Sharf & Co.) |
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Fredric Sharf worked
for his family's business, M. Sharf and Co.,
which was founded in 1892. While Mr. Sharf rose
to lead the company, it evolved from a
wholesale distributor of sporting goods to
representing sports figures, primarily in
hockey and women's tennis, and became the Sharf
Marketing Group. The Trojan brand baseball
gloves were manufactured by Denkert Sporting
Goods Company which were then distributed by M.
Sharf & Co. Trojan signature model baseball
glove include: Phil Rizutto G606 fielders
glove, Earl Torgeson baseman's mitt, and Frank
Grube Decker patent catchers mitt |
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TruSport (EDW. K. Tryon) |
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TruSport was the
brand name of merchandise sold by Edw. K Tryon
of Philadelphia. Established in the 1811, the
company sold a large variety of Items, from
firearms to Knives, Bicycles, Skates, sports
equipment, Baseball bats and gloves. It is noed
that Denkert Sporting Goods produced baseball
gloves for Edw. K Tryon, under the TruSport
brand name. Signature Models include; Cy Young,
SG 21 Al Simmons G5, Pee Wee Reese, Del
Crandall C15, and Joe DiMaggio, Mickey
Cochrane, block letter endorsements; |
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Wales
(Imported) |
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Wales was a line of imported discount store
products, sold in discount stores such as; Pay
Less Drug Stores; Bargain Fair; Wig Wam; and
Sad Sack Stores, from the early 1960's to the
1970s. A wide range of products under the Wales
brand name, included; batteries, transistor
radios, cameras, and baseball gloves. Most of
the baseball gloves do not have a "Wales"
identifier on the front, but have a cloth patch
on the back that simply read "Wales" Japan or
Taiwan. baseball glove models include; 8890,
Professional Model Fielders Gloves; 8841
Professional Model Base-Mitts; 7132
Professional Style, 71794 Professional Model
Catchers Mitts. |
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Western's
- Western Auto Supply Co. |
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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 also sold
private branding sporting goods, dating back to the 1930's
The "Western's" private store
brand was introduced in the late 1940s. The gloves were manufactured by the
Wilson Sporting Goods Co. By the mid 1950's
Western Auto switched to the Revelation brand
of Sporting goods which had a similar logo. In
1988, Sears Roebuck purchased Western Auto. |
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Winfield
- F.W. Woolworth |
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Winfield
was a line of Juvenile, toy and discount store
quality baseball gloves carried by the
"Five-and-Dimes" variety store F. W. Woolworth
Company. The brand seems to have been taken
from the founder, Frank Winfield Woolworth's
middle name. The baseball gloves were also part
of "Junior Baseball Sets" that also included a
baseball & wooden Winfield baseball bat. The
Woolco company, founded in 1962 by the
Woolworth Company, also carried the Winfield
Diamond-Pro line of baseball gloves. Woolco
closed in 1983, while the parent company
Woolworth, closed in 1997. |
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Wimberly and
Thomas Hardware Co. |
| The Wimberly-Thomas Hardware Co., was founded in
1887, and acquired by the Belknap Hardware Co.,
in 1984.This Wimberly &Thomas Hdwe. Co.,
Birmingham, Alabama, F5 High School fielders
glove features "The Mark Of Quality" A-A-A-A
Trademark diamond logo. The Full grain Cowhide
Greased Palm, "discount store" quality baseball
glove has vinyl piping. The split finger,
1940's style glove is more than likely dated to
the 1950's or later. |
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Winston |
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was a line of baseball gloves imported from the
Far-East, sold in discount stores during the
1960s - 1970's. The gloves were manufactured in
Taiwan, Japan, and Korea. Discount stores
include: R&S Auto, Play World, Barkers,
Pages Department Store, K-Way, and Domann Drug.
Models include: 31945, 37000 'Lil' Pro Juvenile
Gloves; 37001 Fielders Glove; 37004 Triple
Model; 37005 Pro Player; 37007 Fielders Glove;
31953 Pro Model; T-83 First Base Mitt;
Block Letter endorsed models: Duke Snider Model
F-61; Mickey Mantle Model F-71; and Yogi Berra
Model C-83 Catchers Mitt; |
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Wolverine Shoe
& Tanning Corp |
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Founded in
1883 the Rockford, Michigan shoe manufacturer
became the Wolverine shoe & tanning corp. in
1921. When the Great Depression hit, the
company made baseball gloves on the side.
During World War II, Wolverine worked for the
U.S. Navy, developing pigskin gloves. In 1959,
Wolverine launched the Hush Puppies brand of
casual shoes. Baseball glove models include the
"Wolverine Tiger Line," (1934 Tigers), No. Y22
Mickey Cochrane catchers mitt, No. K348 Jerry
(Gee) Walker, Charlie Gehringer, and Pete Fox.
Al Van Camp base mitt, No. 327 Softball mitt. |
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Yale Moneco
Co. |
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Incorporated in 1906 the Mortimer Newman
Company, a manufacture of golf caps, conducted
business as the Moneco Company of New Haven.
Yale is the brand name for the Moneco Company,
a manufacture of Juvenile sporting goods, that
included, punching bags, medicine balls,
footballs, soccer balls, boxing gloves, and
baseball gloves. By the 1940's the Moneco Co.
was distributing their athletic equipment, to
drug, hardware and discount stores throughout
the country. |
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| As far back as the earliest
days of baseball, companies that manufactured general leather
goods took advantage of the great demand for baseball gloves,
and produced their own brand. It was a way of generating extra
income for their business especially during tough times brought
on by the Great Depression. Small Sporting stores, hardware,
drug, discount, and department stores commonly had privately
branded baseball gloves made for them, to help promote their
business. |
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