Good glove photos are tough to find

[atabats]

Looks like scene directions on Bing's wrist strap. Bob couldn’t care less for directions.

[okdoak]

Those look like high quality gloves, including Lucy's 3-finger.
Reelin' through the years here:

Willie Keeler--



Nick Altrock with a Rainey trap web--



Vince DiMaggio--

[okdoak]

Red Schoendienst with a top line Field Master--

[mikesglove]

A young Bill Killefer with a buckle web mitt.

[mikesglove]

Tombstone Arizona circa 1890's. Cool photo! I like the catchers gear. He's up to date and squared away.

[okdoak]

Ty Cobb with what looks to be a Bill Doak. And a 1925 ad for the glove.

[okdoak]

Three players with Bill Doak gloves.

Pinky Whitney--



Gene Rye--



Myles Thomas from the minors, Toronto, I think--

[mikesglove]

Wes Ferrell on the right with a blazing white glove. The intricate webbing and tie back wrist strap looks to be D&M or Goldsmith.


Tris Speaker and the young manager Bucky Harris of the 1927 Washington Senators. 39 year old Tris Speaker alternated between outfield and first base in that year.

[atabats]

I agree, the Henri Rondeau is just a classic baseball photo.

Anyone know what kind of mitt this is? I can't figure out the make of the label. It's from 1913.

Maybe Wright & Ditson like this patch?

Or Rawlings?

[okdoak]

Maybe Victor, Wright and Ditson?



Wes Ferrell used some really cool gloves. Here are a couple more. I wonder if he was influenced by his Red Sox teammate Lefty Grove and his laced fingers Reach?

[atabats]

An early 1950s photo of Jackie Robinson with a Spalding split-finger.

Gene Hermanski, Jackie Robinson and Gil Hodges in 1956.

5251 "The Clipper" model, with curved thumb, from their 1953 catalog.

[okdoak]

I did a double take looking at that catalog page. Couldn't place the model names or numbers at all. Then I realized that they were made in Canada.
I don't know how many Canadian made Spalding and Reach gloves show up on ebay these days. Years ago they did from time to time.
I picked this one up a long time ago. It has the Flex-form fingers and Seamless Thumb. I like the "Choice of Champions" stamping along the thumb, which I've never seen on a USA version.
I don't think I've seen a Canadian Spalding/Reach that was endorsed. This one has 2X stamped near the palm, but it's worn and hard to see. Don't know if that's the model number or the size.
It's a good sized glove, 10 1/2" tall.

[atabats]

Lou Gehrig and Dizzy Dean at the 1934 All Star game. It looks like Dean is using a Goldsmith glove similar to the Red Lucas model with the lower tunnel web removed.

The photo got bucketed so here it is again.

[Studboy]

Found this great old photo with an awesome catchers mitt & fingerless:

[mikesglove]

That's a great photo! Nice view of the original Decker Safety Mitt. Still amazing to me that despite their popularity, none have surfaced yet. It looks like there is some sort of webbing or reinforcement between the thumb and body of the mitt. The button back wrist strap also is pretty cool!