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Baseball Glove
1920-1925
Draper & Maynard Sporting Goods Company (1881-1962)
USA: New Hampshire, Plymouth
Leather
overall: 8"h x 6-1/2"w x 1-1/2"d
Gift of Dorothy A. and Albert H. Richardson, Jr.
84.18.39
1920-1925
Draper & Maynard Sporting Goods Company (1881-1962)
USA: New Hampshire, Plymouth
Leather
overall: 8"h x 6-1/2"w x 1-1/2"d
Gift of Dorothy A. and Albert H. Richardson, Jr.
84.18.39
Right-hand child's baseball glove; marked "D&M/ MADE IN USA/ G1". Marked with Draper-Maynard trademark, see fille
Albert Richardson’s (1915-2006) mother, Edna, gave him this Draper-Maynard baseball glove when he was a boy. During the 1920s, most major leaguers, including the famous Red Sox player Babe Ruth, used D & M gloves. Albert Richardson saved it--his first glove--for many years after he outgrew it.