Good glove photos are tough to find

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One of my favourite glove photos. Greg posted this before; might be a Simmons American SG3.

Don't know if this photo has already been posted. I just found it and it's circa 1914. I thought Spalding at first, but as far as I know the letters for the model are stamped in the pocket on theirs.
The Simmons American logo looks kind of close. But the catalog listing I found is from 1918 and shows it as a full web. Any guesses?

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Double strap fingerless throwing glove on the RH. Not sure about the LH catching glove, could be a hook and grommet with lace on the back or a double strap full finger model?

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Nice gear and uniforms. I like the flat top catchers mitt.

A giant pillow mitt!

A crisp image of Louisville catcher Vaughn from the LOC.

Class of '92 victory photo. Catcher with a Decker patent mitt. Player holding a bouquet of flowers is a nice touch. Celebration time, come on!

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Here are some more from the 1888-89 N172 Old Judge set:

A nice clear image of a Spalding No. 1-0 short finger model.

I ❤️ this glove.

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Here's Farmer Vaughn with a full fatty finger model.

A nice long finger model with open back.

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Not a photo exactly but here's a 1939 Wheaties box panel (no. 3 from a series of 8 historical baseball souvenirs) depicting the first baseball glove worn by a player named Doug Allison in 1869. Spoiler alert: The crowd wasn't impressed.

"It was flesh colored so that it would attract as little attention as possible. It also had holes in the back for ventilation. When the crowd saw it, they jeered and booed!"

The glove above predates the 1878 Butts patent below. Ventilation holes are nowhere to be seen on this patent though.

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C'mon Rawlings you couldn't even spell his name right? Here's Stan the Man wearing the Rawlings "Muscial" glove early on in his career. Notice the stamping on the wrist strap just like on his 1944 gamer model below.

Early 1940's Rawlings gamer glove made for Stan Musial from the BBHOF. It is stamped "Muscial"(sic) and "patents applied for" on the front. No model number. The patent refers to the 1943 Latina finger stall seams on the back. The wrist strap is stamped "Stan Muscial"(sic).

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Here's Arthur Irwin, laying down the tag with his famous glove in a totally natural unscripted way.

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Here's Arthur Irwin, laying down the tag with his famous glove in a totally natural unscripted way.

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Some cool images from the Feb. Heritage Auction. Walter Johnson with the D&M G97 glove


Joe McGinnity with a Ted Kennedy glove. Kennedy sold that removable glove liner patent to Spalding.


Cy Young

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Rabbit Maranville with a thick and juicy sewn web.

Dizzy with a Bill Lee type web.

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Some vintage photos.

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Team photo circa 1912-15. Photo was described as 1894, not likely!


Tell tale diagonal seam on the glove. A Ratsch DukFut model glove!

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A couple vintage photos from Lelands auction.
A mid twenties Wilson base mitt

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Bill Dickey with what appears to be a Spalding mitt, given the location of the tag.

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Arthur Irwin. Interesting how the strap on his glove starts well up into the wrist opening instead of attaching at the heel. I was curious because the ads for the Irwin designed glove didn't show the back.


Jack Clements catching a ball. I've seen this photo a number of times and didn't notice the fingerless throwing glove on his right hand features the long pinky.