That's really amazing! I'm working on an illustration of Pete Browning and Bud Hillerich for a book I'm writing on baseball in Kentucky and was wondering what the oldest branding on a bat was. The Louisville Slugger museum sent me pictures of a circa 1890-93. That one has the familiar oval look to it, but this photo has what must have been an even earlier stamp. Since Hillerich made all kinds of wood products, I wonder if it is the standard stamp the company put on all their products before they came up with a special one for bats?
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