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Alex Taylor & Co.
Baseball Gloves |
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Item Details |
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CIRCA -
1910-1940
DISTRIBUTOR
- Alex Taylor & Co.
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SIZE
- Adult & Youth
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PRICE GUIDE
- $75.00- $150.00
Very Good-Excellent
Condition
Value may vary
based on Web and
vintage baseball
glove design. The value
for player endorsed
models will vary
based on Player
demand
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Alex Taylor & Co. which at one time was one of
the major Sporting Goods store located
in New York, N.Y. was established in
1897. Originally located on 16 E. 42nd
The company relocated several times in
Manhattan's Time Square area, until
it's closing and final location on 38th
street. It is not known when the
company went out of business but like
most of the independent outlets, they
most likely succumbed to the onset of
the large chains.
In 1897, Alex Taylor, founder of Alex Taylor & Co. started as a clerk at
a sporting goods store called Johnson &
Stoughtenburgh. In 1901, Taylor bought
a half interest in the firm, making it
Johnson & Taylor, then in 1908 he
bought out Johnson and moved to 16 E.
42nd. The company carried a large line
of equipment for a variety of sports
that included; basketball, lacrosse,
fencing, skiing, golf, tennis, Football
& baseball. Alex Taylor & Co. would
also become a major manufacture of
hockey equipment & Jersey's used by the
NHL. The sporting-goods store relocated
to 22 East 42nd Street in 1921.
As part of the WWI "Bat and Ball fund" in 1918, Alex Taylor provided
athletic equipment to the troops
overseas. Alex Taylor & Co. placed an
advertisement in the Stars and Stripes
that showed a hurdling doughboy over
the caption "Athletes Make the Best
Fighters" That advertisement then
announced that the company had been
awarded a contract to fill the sports
need of the troops. The equipment
included 3,500 baseball gloves which
featured the YMCA stamp.
Player signature modes include Fielder Gloves; Roger Hornsby, Walter
Johnson, Dazzy Vance, Travis Jackson
Harry Heilman, Mel Ott, Phil Todt,
George Kelly, George Sisler, Bill
Terry, and Babe Young Base Mitt.
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Alex Taylor & Co.
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1934 Catalog |
1941 Catalog |
1941 Catalog |
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