Good glove photos are tough to find

[vintagebrett]

Wow! That is super cool. Great find Mike!

[mikesglove]

I was actually looking for some examples of a full round/integrated thumb catchers mitt. I started a Google search at 1910 and worked back to 1890 looking through team photos and individual catchers. There were a lot of images to look through. The U. Michigan photo popped up as I was at 1895. I was stunned by the clarity/high resolution of the image to say nothing of the white button back mitt. Right now I have the Diamond brand Lajoie glove, the Brogan mitt and this new one on my must have list. I hope to acquire them in the coming weeks.

[vintagebrett]

Right now I have the Diamond brand Lajoie glove, the Brogan mitt and this new one on my must have list. I hope to acquire them in the coming weeks.

I bet they are in the same barn/ggarage attic that my Vermont label glove is in!

[mikesglove]

I'm pretty sure you'll find your Vermont glove first!

[mikesglove]

Team photo circa 1905

Close-up of players glove and mitt below

Close-up of the Ted Kennedy buckle back laced wrist glove below

[mikesglove]

Variety of gloves showing a thin padded model along with the puffy Sauer's style

A buckle web glove!

[mikesglove]

more puffy finger Sauer's style glove's:
Lave Cross

That is a big glove for the period!

[atabats]

A couple of full web dandys from 1916.

[mikesglove]

A couple of old tintypes:

[mikesglove]

1891 Decker Patent mitt.




Can't have too many catchers!

[mikesglove]

Gotta love the ebay sellers who take the time to post hi-rez photos. This early one is cool. That catchers mitt is thick as a brick!

[mikesglove]

Standard portrait and some ad-libbing.

[mikesglove]

DIzzy Dean, rookie year with a D&M Ehmke glove. Sweet photo!!

[atabats]

Spanky's rookie year in 1934.

[atabats]

A store display from 1938 containing a mitt, a trophy, a mask, unopened baseballs and a creepy Babe lurking in the background. All the bases are covered in this vintage Our Gang comedy "The Awful Tooth."