Any One Collect Pins?

[Lucas00]

Just in the mail got this (maybe?) one of a kind beautiful Cranes Potato Chips Coupon With Red on the front alongside 4 of the pin designs. I have dated it to 1951-1955 based on the Indians logo and the fact red was traded early in 1956 (hat hes wearing was only worn until 1955)
What makes it even cooler is the hand written notation on the back, it was Written by hobby pioneer Buck Barker and came from his personal collection. He mentions Jefferson Burdick, unfortunately I'm not sure what RS means. (Red Schoendienst? Or maybe an abbreviation used by Buck)
I have seen the Yankees and the Indians pins from a friends collection but have not seen the cardinals or Dodgers ones yet.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by Lucas00

Just in the mail got this (maybe?) one of a kind beautiful Cranes Potato Chips Coupon With Red on the front alongside 4 of the pin designs. I have dated it to 1951-1955 based on the Indians logo and the fact red was traded early in 1956 (hat hes wearing was only worn until 1955)
What makes it even cooler is the hand written notation on the back, it was Written by hobby pioneer Buck Barker and came from his personal collection. He mentions Jefferson Burdick, unfortunately I'm not sure what RS means. (Red Schoendienst? Or maybe an abbreviation used by Buck)
I have seen the Yankees and the Indians pins from a friends collection but have not seen the cardinals or Dodgers ones yet.

Interesting. I had always thought the Crane pins were only issued 1961-69. I have all of those and the Guy’s for my SF Giants. Your paper, with the Brooklyn Dodgers, shows there were 1950’s issues as well. I have a few pins which might be Crane New York Giants but I never categorized them as such. I’ll post pictures later…

[Lucas00]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Interesting. I had always thought the Crane pins were only issued 1961-69. I have all of those and the Guy’s for my SF Giants. Your paper, with the Brooklyn Dodgers, shows there were 1950’s issues as well. I have a few pins which might be Crane New York Giants but I never categorized them as such. I’ll post pictures later…

Yes indeed! With the coupon they are now confirmed to have issued a 50s set. I'm thinking 1953 or 1954 are a good guess as Red had one of his best years ever in '53 and he's headlining the coupon (then again there could've been 20 different players on the coupons).

Might try looking through some newspaper archives later.

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by Lucas00

Yes indeed! With the coupon they are now confirmed to have issued a 50s set. I'm thinking 1953 or 1954 are a good guess as Red had one of his best years ever in '53 and he's headlining the coupon (then again there could've been 20 different players on the coupons).

Might try looking through some newspaper archives later.

I know I’ve seen that Yankee fan pinback before. Surely, there has got to be a checklist somewhere or a photo reference.

[Vintagedeputy]

Just found this Facebook post in a cursory search - https://m.facebook.com/story.php/?id...73701067307294

I thought that the comment circled in red was especially appropriate to this discussion about Cranes having a 1950s pin set.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Lucas00

Just in the mail got this (maybe?) one of a kind beautiful Cranes Potato Chips Coupon With Red on the front alongside 4 of the pin designs. I have dated it to 1951-1955 based on the Indians logo and the fact red was traded early in 1956 (hat hes wearing was only worn until 1955)
What makes it even cooler is the hand written notation on the back, it was Written by hobby pioneer Buck Barker and came from his personal collection. He mentions Jefferson Burdick, unfortunately I'm not sure what RS means. (Red Schoendienst? Or maybe an abbreviation used by Buck)
I have seen the Yankees and the Indians pins from a friends collection but have not seen the cardinals or Dodgers ones yet.

Amazing!

[ooo-ribay]

Could the pin in the center be a 1950's Crane issue? It's a pretty common pin but I have never seen a Crane attribution. The slightly larger ones are also a mystery to me and I've never had an explanation for the two color schemes. If any are Cranes, I would lean toward the center pin...it's the right size.

[ooo-ribay]

This might also be a possibility…

[Lucas00]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

This might also be a possibility…

Definitely a possibility, doesn't look like crane had any kind of license or deal with the league. Very bootleg looking pins. But nice quality at the same time.

[Vintagedeputy]

Does anyone have any examples of those four pins in their collection? I have this one.

[Lucas00]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

Does anyone have any examples of those four pins in their collection?

Yankees one top right and Indians diagonal to it. Thanks to my friend Mark for sharing. Sorry for the abysmal quality it's a zoomed in screenshot.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

Does anyone have any examples of those four pins in their collection? I have this one.

7/8 of an inch?

[Lucas00]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

Just found this Facebook post in a cursory search - https://m.facebook.com/story.php/?id...73701067307294

I thought that the comment circled in red was especially appropriate to this discussion about Cranes having a 1950s pin set.

Love that detail, sweet find. I wouldn't be surpr if crane made an even earlier set seeing they were in business since '38.

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Amazing!

Thanks Hank!