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The House of Brunswick

PostPosted: September 28th, 2024, 5:27 pm
by mikesglove
One of the great things about Jim's https://baseballglovecollector.com/ site is finding a little gem like this from the catalog section.
The House of Brunswick was a trade catalog for Brunswick, Balke and Collender. They were a multi faceted manufacturing company founded in 1845.
The 1917 Brunswick catalog page below from Jim's site have illustrations of Victor brand gloves and one glove with the House of Brunswick logo.
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The 1917 magazine ad below shows the general sporting goods trade catalog along with the glove above being advertised for $1.05
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Re: The House of Brunswick

PostPosted: October 4th, 2024, 4:36 pm
by mikesglove
Brunswick original factory/offices in Chicago.
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Brunswick was mainly known for bowling and billiards.
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In addition to the superb craftsmanship of the Billiard table above, Brunswick also produced marvelous fixtures such as the Walnut back bar below.
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Brunswick had the ability to weather economic storms by extending their reach into different product lines.
Phonograph machines and records.
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Refrigerators.
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School furniture. The school chair below is so iconic in design it is included in the Smithsonian collection.
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In 1958, Brunswick again branched out and purchased sporting goods manufacturer MacGregor Goldsmith. In 1960, Brunswick dropped the Goldsmith name and in 1962 added The Brunswick logo to MacGregor products.
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