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Old 02-19-2021, 10:23 PM
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Here is a guy sitting in front of an open torch and giving the bats their flame treatments. The pile of bats propped against the wall at the bottom right of the cropped image of this guy has both AJ Reach (Model 100) and Spalding bats together.

On the wall in the back are the pennants I mentioned. There is also an interesting machine in the foreground on the right. It looks like a press and so may have been what they used to stamp the bats, but I am guessing on that.

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One worker appears to be using a tool to shave down a bat on a lathe. The filings look pretty significant, but interestingly the bat he is working on appears to already be flame finished. There are AJ Reach George Sisler bats on one trolley Wright & Ditson League Special No 96.

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Three gentlemen using lathes, note the foot pump. The two on the left are using rags to polish bats – in between them is the stack of Spalding Autograph Ross Youngs bats. The guy on the right is applying tape to the handles. The bats on the trolley between the two guys on the right at AJ Reach (tape on the handles).

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These are the bats as they are getting prepped to go out. They are being placed in paper bags and the guy at the table appears to be stamping one of the bags. On the shelf on the right side of the cropped image, you can see the bag for Wright Ditson & Victor on the top and Spalding on the bottom.

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What appears to be the shipping department. The boxes look like they are full of bats in the paper bags we saw in an earlier photo.
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Wow, wow, wow!

Amazing stuff.
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These are the bats as they are getting prepped to go out. They are being placed in paper bags and the guy at the table appears to be stamping one of the bags. On the shelf on the right side of the cropped image, you can see the bag for Wright Ditson & Victor on the top and Spalding on the bottom.

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Fantastic bit of history here.

But I really need to know what’s behind the workbench door.
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LOL -- I too wondered that. There are lots of interesting little things to find in these - the photographer was a good one because the entire images are really clear.

Being from Wisconsin, I also can't help but think how cold this building must have been during the winter.



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Fantastic bit of history here.

But I really need to know what’s behind the workbench door.
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Anyone photo match their Ross Youngs bat to the photo in post 6 yet????
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[QUOTE=Jobu;2070927]One worker appears to be using a tool to shave down a bat on a lathe. The filings look pretty significant, but interestingly the bat he is working on appears to already be flame finished. There are AJ Reach George Sisler bats on one trolley Wright & Ditson League Special No 96.



Very cool photos. It looks like he's using whatever those shavings are to rub the bat down
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Awesome, thanks for posting those.
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Really cool photos...thanks for sharing.
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That's incredible, thank you.
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