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04-09-2017, 06:11 AM
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They probably also had a baseball team and used this flag at games. The 1920s was a boom time for industrial league baseball - steel mills, factories, etc. The companies promoted baseball as a social, paternalistic, healthy activity for their workers and families. There was also a lot of competition, and politics between factories. Massachusetts, around the area of Worcester, was an epicenter and cradle for industry and baseball, and industrial leagues.....research this, good luck.
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04-09-2017, 08:04 PM
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Carlton, the 1919 Spalding Baseball Guide gives a colorful description of the extent and importance of Industrial League Baseball and Industrial Athletic Associations at the dawn of the 1920s.
https://archive.org/stream/spaldings...e/293/mode/1up While doubtful Wickwire Spencer had a team at the level of those mentioned in the guide, I would be certain they had some baseball team. Given the importance that athletics played, you can see why they would have such a lavish banner to show their pride.
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