Re: Ken-Wel and the Kennedy Brothers
Posted: August 24th, 2014, 2:50 pm
Thanks! The internet searches can turn up a lot of fascinating history. I especially like finding an address from an old sporting goods advertisement and using the Google "Street View" to ferret out old and abandoned sporting goods factories. The one who started it all is Joe Phillips, known on the forum as softball66 or on ebay as bubbared. I think you can still find his "Vintage Baseball Glove Catalog Source Book" on ebay which includes a history of the major sporting goods companies and baseball glove equipment catalogs. It is really invaluable. Also, there are still copies of Joe's bimonthly newsletter, "The Glove Collector" on ebay from time to time. He started it in 1989 and kept it going for about 20 years. Joe dedicated a lot of time and energy in presenting detailed information on glove companies, ballplayers and of course glove collecting. Also, be sure to register on Jim Daniels site, http://www.baseballglovecollector.com. Besides the awesome glove photos from collectors, there is a lot of historical and pictorial info available in the "Glove Library" section.