Who is Al Kammer?

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Who is Al Kammer?

Postby Bill247 » March 30th, 2013, 7:43 pm

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Found this little guy and thought he needed a good home. The photo doesn't show well but there is a very ornate script signature of Al Kammer running parallel to the thumb. What looks like Midwest Sporting Goods and Milwaukee, Wisc. is printed in the pocket along with F 17. Everything is printed, not stamped. It's a self described Junior Model. The laces are plastic coated. I searched for Kammer and only found a reference to a baseball player at Princenton University in the early 1930's. I like the kids gloves as a reminder of buying the first one for my son.
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Re: Who is Al Kammer?

Postby vintagebrett » March 30th, 2013, 8:31 pm

I've had a few of those Midco gloves and they always have very obscure players that never played in the Majors. Can't help you with Al Kammer but the company did put out a lot of these youth gloves with unknown players.
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Re: Who is Al Kammer?

Postby Bill247 » March 30th, 2013, 8:58 pm

Thanks, Brett. If the Kammer connection is correct, is the early 1930's a good guestimate of age? I searched the forum for Midco with no success; any tips?
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Re: Who is Al Kammer?

Postby vintagebrett » March 31st, 2013, 10:14 am

I always assumed late 1930's to early 1940's on the Midco gloves. I don't know anything about the history of the company but would say 30's-40's is most likely.

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