| |
 |
|
Diamond Manufacturing
Co. Diamond Brand
G15D Baseball Glove |
|
|
Item Details |
-
CIRCA -
1910s-1940s
-
RETAILOR
- Shapleigh
Hardware
-
SIZE
- Youth & Adult
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
The Diamond Manufacturing. Co. 'Diamond Brand' is
the in-store brand for the Shapleigh
Hardware Co. St. Louis, Missouri.
Founded in 1843 by Augustus Frederick
Shapleigh, by the early 1900's the
Hardware supplier carried a full range
of household goods, hardware, guns, and
knives with the private brand "Diamond
Edge" logo. In 1901 Saunders Norvell of
Simmons Hardware, bought into the
company and used the name, Norvell-Shapleigh
Hardware. In 1918 the name was changed
to Shapleigh Hardware Co. Their catalog
also included a line of
baseball bats,
and gloves.
Signature Model baseball gloves include: Roy Joiner FG250; Johnny
Gee FG275; Carl Reynolds G450 Fielders
Gloves - Woodley Abernathy BM35; Ray
Grimes Baseman's mitts - Mickey Finn
Catchers Mitt. the "Niles Special" Duck
Web model DF did not have a signature
endorsement on the glove, but came with
a Harry Niles endorsement tag. The ad
below also reads "This glove is made in
exact accordance with a pattern
submitted by Harry Niles of the
American League...."
|
|
| |
|
Diamond Manufacturing
Co. Diamond Brand Baseball
Gloves |
 |
|
Diamond Manufacturing
Co. Diamond Brand Cloth Patch |
|
|
|
|
1910 Norvell-Shapleigh Hardware
Catalog Pages |
|
|
|
|
1923 Shapleigh Hardware
Catalog Pages |
|
|
KEYMAN COLLECTIBLES
RELATED RESOURCES |
|
|
|
