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VINTAGE WOOD TENNIS RACKET STALL & DEAN Brockten Mass.
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Description Brand: STALL & DEAN MPN: Does Not Apply Model: REINFORCED SPLIT-THROAT Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
This vintage tennis raquet by Stall & Dean of Brockten Mass. & Chicago, Illinois... Park Model (A10) and is in good condition for it's age. Please see pictures! These are hard to find.Please, see pictures as they serve as part of the description! Not a lot of information is available on Stall & Dean tennis rackets, but this is a nice piece of Americana History!A little history of Stall & Dean:Started in 1898 in Brockton, Massachusetts by Walter Thomas Stall and Charles Dean, the Stall and Dean Company is one of the oldest sporting goods manufacturers in America. Their first catalog offered baseball and basketball uniforms, footballs, and football helmets. The business rapidly expanded, and within a few years, they were producing athletic shoes for numerous sports, caps, bats, balls, mitts and fielding gloves for baseball, boxing gloves, tennis racquets, nets for tennis and volleyball, and supporters and protective equipment. Eventually, Mr. Stall bought out Mr. Dean's share of the business, but the company name has remained Stall and Dean.Stall and Dean was the first American company to manufacture hockey jerseys and equipment, outfitting the original six member teams of the National Hockey League. Many Hall of Fame athletes from many sports wore Stall and Dean uniforms, including Bobby Orr and Ted Williams, and their catalogs contained endorsements from many famous players, including Ty Cobb. They manufactured uniforms and equipment for high schools and colleges as well as for the professional athletes. The company adapted to changing times and changes in style and materials in sports apparel. The "safeslide flannel" baseball uniform was just one of their innovations. These apparel changes are well documented in the company's catalogs. In a 1975 article in the Brockton Enterprise, Richard Stall, Jr., the third generation owner of the company, extolled the virtues of polyester double knit fabrics, saying "...they look marvelous and they have replaced flannels." While the company adapted to stylistic changes, it has remained in its original factory and still produces uniforms on some of the same turn-of-the-century sewing machines it purchased new. In a 1998 article in Yankee magazine, an employee, Kevin Gosciak, referred to Stall and Dean as "a museum of American manufacturing."
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| Brand: | STALL & DEAN | MPN: | Does Not Apply |
| Model: | REINFORCED SPLIT-THROAT | Country/Region of Manufacture: | United States |
This vintage tennis raquet by Stall & Dean of Brockten Mass. & Chicago, Illinois... Park Model (A10) and is in good condition for it's age. Please see pictures! These are hard to find.Please, see pictures as they serve as part of the description! Not a lot of information is available on Stall & Dean tennis rackets, but this is a nice piece of Americana History!A little history of Stall & Dean:Started in 1898 in Brockton, Massachusetts by Walter Thomas Stall and Charles Dean, the Stall and Dean Company is one of the oldest sporting goods manufacturers in America. Their first catalog offered baseball and basketball uniforms, footballs, and football helmets. The business rapidly expanded, and within a few years, they were producing athletic shoes for numerous sports, caps, bats, balls, mitts and fielding gloves for baseball, boxing gloves, tennis racquets, nets for tennis and volleyball, and supporters and protective equipment. Eventually, Mr. Stall bought out Mr. Dean's share of the business, but the company name has remained Stall and Dean.Stall and Dean was the first American company to manufacture hockey jerseys and equipment, outfitting the original six member teams of the National Hockey League. Many Hall of Fame athletes from many sports wore Stall and Dean uniforms, including Bobby Orr and Ted Williams, and their catalogs contained endorsements from many famous players, including Ty Cobb. They manufactured uniforms and equipment for high schools and colleges as well as for the professional athletes. The company adapted to changing times and changes in style and materials in sports apparel. The "safeslide flannel" baseball uniform was just one of their innovations. These apparel changes are well documented in the company's catalogs. In a 1975 article in the Brockton Enterprise, Richard Stall, Jr., the third generation owner of the company, extolled the virtues of polyester double knit fabrics, saying "...they look marvelous and they have replaced flannels." While the company adapted to stylistic changes, it has remained in its original factory and still produces uniforms on some of the same turn-of-the-century sewing machines it purchased new. In a 1998 article in Yankee magazine, an employee, Kevin Gosciak, referred to Stall and Dean as "a museum of American manufacturing."