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DISTRIBUTER
- Great Western Co.
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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, and
merged with Great Western in 1925. The
company was renamed Wilson-Western
Sporting Goods. Then in 1931, changed
to the Wilson Sporting Goods Co. Wilson
also produced Great Western branded
baseball equipment for the GW catalog.
The 1938 Great Western Athletic Goods
catalog features 47 pages of baseball
equipment, uniforms and clothing,
including; 3 pages of baseballs, 17
pages of baseball gloves & mitts,
baseball masks, 2 pages of baseball
bats, 5 pages of baseball uniforms, 4
pages of softballs, playground balls, 8
pages of softball gloves, mitts, bats,
uniforms, Women's softball clothing,
warm-up clothing and athletic sundries.
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1938 Great Western
Athletic Goods Co. Catalog |
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Index |
Page 3 Baseballs |
Page 7 Fielders Gloves |
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Page 13 Basemen's Mitts |
Page 17 Catchers' Mitts |
Page 21 Baseball Masks |
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Page 22 Baseball Bats |
Page 27 Baseball
Uniforms |
Page 31 Softballs |
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Page 36 Softball Gloves |
Page 40 Softball Bats |
Page 43 Softball
Clothing |
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Pages 44 & 45 Woméns Softball
Clothing |
Page 46 Warm-Up Clothing |
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