Good glove photos are tough to find

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Re: Good glove photos are tough to find

Postby mikesglove » March 12th, 2015, 1:51 pm

You mean saweet as in dumb looking. You have to remember Mears sets the Gold Standard of Excellence!
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Re: Good glove photos are tough to find

Postby Number9 » March 12th, 2015, 2:32 pm

Yes. I can't even fathom the idea of doing that, or finding it beneficial in any way. Having Mears look at it and give their opinion is one thing, marking it is just bizarre. Isn't a photograph on the documentation enough? People do weird things in the name of authenticity.
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Re: Good glove photos are tough to find

Postby mikesglove » March 14th, 2015, 1:42 pm

Some interesting personal photos from a relative of Rawlings designers Harry and son Rollie Latina circa 50's-60's.

Harry "Glove Doc" Latina repairing a glove of Richie Ashburn.
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Mantle, Siebern and Bauer with Latina.
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Harry and Rollie Latina with Ken Boyer
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Re: Good glove photos are tough to find

Postby mikesglove » March 16th, 2015, 12:32 pm

Rollie Latina and Eddie Matthews.
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Harry Latina and Big Bob Turley.
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Harry and Rollie with Mickey Mantle after his leg injury.
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Harry and Rollie with Hank Bauer.
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Re: Good glove photos are tough to find

Postby mikesglove » March 20th, 2015, 1:25 pm

Below is a photo of a TOC ball player with an interesting glove. Gotta love it when an image is found with decent size and resolution. Enlarging a detail doesn't turn to mush, Yea!
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Not too many hook and grommet fielders gloves out there. This one still has the pull tab attached. Pretty nice!
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Re: Good glove photos are tough to find

Postby mikesglove » April 4th, 2015, 3:37 pm

Jimmie Foxx spent some time as a catcher. Here he is with a Ken-Wel model.
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George Kelly with a real stylish D&M model with finger guard.
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Re: Good glove photos are tough to find

Postby mikesglove » April 8th, 2015, 11:07 pm

At an old timers game in the 1930's. Smokey Joe Wood, Cy Young, Lefty Grove and Walter Johnson. Johnson is sporting a nice looking D&M double finger laced glove sans all the lacing.
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Re: Good glove photos are tough to find

Postby mikesglove » April 11th, 2015, 2:38 pm

Mickey Mantle toward the end of his career sporting a Rawlings DCT base mitt.
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Re: Good glove photos are tough to find

Postby mikesglove » April 12th, 2015, 4:08 pm

The "Hot Stove" League.

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Re: Good glove photos are tough to find

Postby mikesglove » April 16th, 2015, 1:27 pm

Some bros in the major leagues.

Pepper & Stu Martin along with Dizzy & Daffy Dean
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Walker Cooper & brother Mort. No doubt Rawlings men.
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Re: Good glove photos are tough to find

Postby mikesglove » May 4th, 2015, 1:16 pm

Elmer Riddle demonstrating his curve ball motion
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Whitey Ford admiring Satchel Paige breaking ball grip.
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Re: Good glove photos are tough to find

Postby mikesglove » May 5th, 2015, 1:30 pm

This cabinet photo should probably be in a special category because it is as good as it gets. It's circa 1890 of catcher Cal Broughton. Spectacular double snap button wrist straps on the catching and fingerless gloves. I have seen some blurry and inconclusive images of such glove construction in the past and here is a great photo of the real deal.

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Re: Good glove photos are tough to find

Postby vintagebrett » May 5th, 2015, 2:47 pm

That's awesome! Never knew a double strap from that era existed.
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Re: Good glove photos are tough to find

Postby glovejunkie » May 5th, 2015, 3:31 pm

That is incredible, what an awesome glove photo, one of the best early glove pics I've ever seen. Very cool Mike, now we need to find a set of those gloves;). Good luck on the hunt!!
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Re: Good glove photos are tough to find

Postby ebbets55 » May 5th, 2015, 8:21 pm

Gloves, shmuvs. Check out that stache and that belt - and those shoes. Ha.

That is a truly important pic Mike. Thanks for finding it. I too have never seen the double straps before. It's so neat to see something new after all these years.

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