Glove, Fielder's
- Object Name:
- Glove, Fielder's
- Object ID:
- 1991.052
- Creator:
- Draper-Maynard Company
- Place of Origin:
- Plymouth, NH
- Date:
- 1930-1940
- Description:
- Glove, first baseman's mitt. Leather baseball glove for left-handed first baseman (to go on right hand). Three lobes, largest for four fingers, one for thumb, and center one empty. Brown leather, stamped on front (catching surface): "Draper Maynard / Athletic Goods / MADE IN U.S.A." with "Lucky Dog" trademark and "DM" in diamond. Also "Professional / MODEL", "A / Trapper / Model", and "DB63". Back stamped "LICENSED UNDER / PAT. NO. 2281315" and with instruction for finger placement. "DAVID BURNS" in ink on wrist strap.
- Material:
- Leather
- Dimensions:
- W-9 L-12 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased by donors at Burlwood Antiques, Meredith, NH, in 1991.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Joan Desmarais and Douglas Copeley in memory of John Webster Foote of Bow, NH, who played for the Haymakers in the Concord Sunset League in 1914, and for the Boston Maine Railroad team
- Subjects:
- Baseball, Baseball equipment
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