website of cloth patches

[mikesglove]

Found this by accident while trying to find some history of the intermixing of D&M-Goldsmith-MacGregor companies. This website just popped-up and is so cool. The website goes into minute details of cloth patches. I think Brett for one would enjoy it: http://www.antiquesportscollector.com/TagsMain.html

[ebbets55]

Yes Mike, that site is very cool. However, those are mostly uniform tags and only a few of them were used on gloves from what I can tell. Interesting why they used different tags. Thanks for posting.

JD

[mikesglove]

Yes, the variety of styles is interesting compared to glove patches. That is what really grabbed me! The unique elongated patch on this Reach mitt is put into a little more context when compared to the other early elongated uniform patches of the website. The website also did a great job of dating the patches and showing the transition through the years.

[softball66]

Very illuminating site. . . and most helpful. Wonder how determination was made on "exact" dates? Clues?

[mikesglove]

Found this by accident while trying to find some history of the intermixing of D&M-Goldsmith-MacGregor companies. This website just popped-up and is so cool. The website goes into minute details of cloth patches. I think Brett for one would enjoy it: http://www.antiquesportscollector.com/TagsMain.html

I posted this website because I thought it would be fun to date old uniforms. This particular team uniform top "Doe Run" has a nice Spalding patch that according to the website dates it at 1911-1913. I don't recall the ebay listing as giving any sort of date. I know there a few people on this forum who collect uniforms in addition to gloves

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