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03-07-2007, 09:01 AM
Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>Anyone seen any of these stamps before or have a guess as to the approximate date of mfg? I think the 1920's but that's just a guess. thanks much<br /><br /><img src="http://luckeycards.com/pstunclordandtaylor.jpg">
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03-07-2007, 12:07 PM
Posted By: <b>davidcycleback</b><p>From the uniforms, it might be 1910s. The uniforms look older than<br />1920s and I think I see sock stirrups on the catcher, which were<br />first used in the 1910s. As Lord & Taylor was a department store<br />that sold boy's baseball clothes, I would assume the clothes depicted<br />on the stamp would be up to date for the period-- meaning, it's not a 1950s<br />stamp that shows uniforms from earlier decades. No 1950s kid be attracted<br />to an ad for clothes that his grandpa wore. Lord & Taylor was in the business<br />of offering the latest and newest to the public ... Also Lord & Taylor has <br />been in New York City since the 1800s, so the company itself was around<br />back then.
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03-07-2007, 01:59 PM
Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>Thanks for the feedback. I knew this would be a wildly popular thread that is heavily debated (not). I also thought 1910's first, and it was bought that way, but I am conservative, to a detriment sometimes. best regards
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03-07-2007, 07:34 PM
Posted By: <b>Andy</b><p>Leon,<br /><br />You're really stretchin' here to find a new type card for your almost complete collection no? <img src="/images/wink.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br />Andy
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03-07-2007, 08:04 PM
Posted By: <b>davidcycleback</b><p>I have a bunch of the original paintings and sketches by the artist <br />who did the art for Lord and Taylor ads. Though it's from the 1970s,<br />not 1910s, and shows women in dresses, not boys in uniform.<br /><br />Lord and Stanley is a big NYC department store, so I'm sure someone like<br />Mickey Mantle or Babe Ruth shopped there.