Couple of old mitts (1 crescent) and 1897 Polo Grounds

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Couple of old mitts (1 crescent) and 1897 Polo Grounds

Postby cjw » June 15th, 2009, 5:46 pm

Picked these up at the once-monthly Vancouver retro show, just down the street. I apologize for the grainy pics. I used the camera on my phone.

Both gloves are quite worn. I'd appreciate help with the era, pls. One is a fat, crescent (is this a true crescent?) with no tags and missing wrist strap. Second is even fatter with a suede? palm/. Also no tagging nor strap. This one has some ink writing that I think adds as opposed to detracts, as the glove is quite rough anyway - the past owner has written a chronological history of family ownership. Not sure if the timing is accurate to the era of manufacture however? Reads "1916 - John Roy Campbell; 1929 - Rod McMillan; 1929- Stewart McMillan; 1956-Rob McMillan; Andrea - 1987; Andrew Smillie - 1997.

3rd glove is a small kids, red suede mitt...is mint shape. H.K. Trademark..."Bambo", 'The Highest", "Fully Guaranteed" printed on the palm.

Also picked up a large newspaper insert- New-York Tribune, Illustrated Supplement from Sept 10, 1897 win a color artist's sketch entilted "At The Polo Grounds - A Base Hit". Nice image of the stands and the a bit of the diamond too. No baseball inside, but there are two large team photos - "The Harvard Football Team and Substitutes" and "The Football Team of the Carlisle Indian School" with a '97 dated ball in front ('97 was two years before "Pop" Warner coached and seven years prior to Jim Thorpe's attendance at the school.

Also found a Macgregor mask...is this an umpire's mask?

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Postby vintagebrett » June 16th, 2009, 7:28 pm

Neat stuff. The crescent is a crescent - not a softball mitt. I think the other glove is neat with the chronology - haven't seen anything like that on a glove before - are you going to add your name? :D
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Postby cjw » June 17th, 2009, 2:56 am

vintagebrett wrote:Neat stuff. The crescent is a crescent - not a softball mitt. I think the other glove is neat with the chronology - haven't seen anything like that on a glove before - are you going to add your name? :D


Thanks Brett. I should add my name..you are right! :)

Hey, can I ask you what date you would place on these two gloves?

thanks...chris
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Postby vintagebrett » June 18th, 2009, 4:59 pm

The white crescent would probably be 1900 to 1910 - somewhere in that era. The other one, just a bit after and I think the timeline on the glove is probably pretty accurate.
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Thanks!

Postby cjw » June 18th, 2009, 11:28 pm

vintagebrett wrote:The white crescent would probably be 1900 to 1910 - somewhere in that era. The other one, just a bit after and I think the timeline on the glove is probably pretty accurate.


I appreciate it! chris
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