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  These Pegasus, Flying Red Horse glass baseball banks were made available at Mobilgas service stations in 1941. With a purchase of 5 gallons of gas or more, you could receive a free baseball bank.

 The white glass baseball bank with blues raised seams, featured two red flying horse Mobilgas trademark logo opposite of one another. Some banks given away featured a red baseball team logo opposite of the Mobilgas red Pegasus. The metal slot cap on the bottom reads; Patent Applied For, Heffelfinger publications, N.Y."

  The "Patent Applied For" stamp was removed from the Mobilgas banks made in later years. These glass baseball banks gained popularity during the 1940s, and seem to have been made with the same mold as the Heffelfinger publications bank.

 This clear glass "It's a Hit! Ball Bank," might be one. They were sold in drug and discount stores for about .30¢ during the mid 1940s. Advertised as a novel and simple method for savings, the bank can be opened and used again.

  In 1944, Yankee Products Co. of Asbury Park, New Jersey, Issued a pair of glass baseball banks. One style called a Yank Bank featured "New York Yankees" in red lettering on the sweet spot, flanked by Lou Gehrig's signature on the left, and Bill Dickey on the right.

 The blue stich coin bank was also available lettered with St. Louis Cardinals in red flanked on each side by a Cardinal Bird and bat. Each Bank was offered through the mail for $1.00 postage paid.

  "Compliments Of Your Atlantic-Dealer" this "Philadelphia Athletics" tin baseball bank was an Atlantic gasoline station premium. The front features a Connie Mack facsimile signature, and on the opposite side the A's White Elephant with the "J. Chein & Co. Made In U.S.A." shied Logo.

 The manufacturer, J. Chein & Company, was established in 1903 and is best known for their mechanical, stamped and lithographed tin toys produced from the 1930s through the 1950s.

  This humorous tin baseball bank features the red "Chein Playthings" logo. The front of the "Official Ball" reads "The Cushioned Rock Center" arched above the "Roach" logo. A spoof of the Reach trademark and the Official Baseball specs, "Cushioned Cork Center." Bellow reads "Made In U.S.A. By Scalding" in the style of the Spalding trademark.

 Tin toys made by Chein were commonly sold at 5 & 10 stores such as Woolworths.

  The "New-Different" Baseball Bank-Game Combination was advertised in 1948 newspapers for only .49¢. The plastic regulation size baseball features a signature endorsement by Pittsburgh Pirates radio sportscaster Rosey Rowswell, and Sealtest Dairy Products

 The front of the "Baseball, Bank Game" has a coin-slot to deposit savings, and a "Play ball" batter-up spins wheel and play arrow. Game pieces include; Plastic Ball, Baseball Diamond-Play box, Innings Line-Score card, and 8 Pegs.

  In 1951 the United Cerebral Palsy National Sports committee launched the Home Run Baseball Bank Project. Headed by Grantland Rice, dean of American sportswriters, and Bob Hall, director of athletics at Yale university as co-chairman, the UCP National Sports committee was comprised of more than 1,500 sports editors, writers, prominent figures in the sports world and sportscasters.

  All major and minor league baseball parks had played host to leading sports figures who had introduced the idea from coast to coast. Anyone that wanted to contribute $1.00 or more to United Palsy, New York (1) NY., received one of these baseball banks.

 These 1950's tin toy era coin banks were made by Ohio Art, of Etch A Sketch fame. The bank features a white regulation size tin baseball, atop of a red base that reads "WORLD CHAMPIONS" in large white letters. The inner base has the manufacture credit "Ohio Art Co," opposite "Made in U.S.A."

 The sweet spot on the lithographed red & blue stitched baseball reads "OFFICIAL, LEAGUE BALL" in blue lettering. With the coin slot at the top of the baseball, the coin release is located under the base, and the metal plug is often missing.

  From 1956-1958 the baseball autograph coin bank became a popular gift given away by banks when opening a savings account. This American All Stars bank was manufactured by Kosta Dana-Barrell Inc. In 1958 these All Star baseball coin banks were give away across the country by banks when you opened a $5.00 savings account.

This bank featured 10 autographs and was given away by Fidelity Federal Savings, Milwood branch located at 315 S. Burdick St. - Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Team Autograph baseball banks were also offered into the 1960s. As described in a 1958 newspaper ad...

 "For home or office, souvenir ornament to adorn your desk dresser, kitchen, sideboard or knickknack rack. Looks real . . . an exact replica of a regulation baseball . . . same size, too! Made of non-breakable white plastic with raised hand-painted red stitches . . . mounted on attractive black trophy base with coin slot in the bottom." This 1957 New York Yankees coin bank features 10 signatures.

 
 
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