"VANITY FAIR SILK UNDERWEAR" INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM VINTAGE PHOTO.
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Winning Bid:
$185.15
(Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 2:00:00 AM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, June 22, 2011 2:00:00 AM)
Auction:
Auction #203 - Part I
Item numbers 1 through 1428 in auction 203
Item Description
c. early 1920s. 12x14" cardboard mount has stamp at lower right of photographer "Frank Biro Bethlehem, Pa." Center has attached 7.75x9.75" real photo showing 12-member team in full uniforms with baseball equipment in foreground and "Vanity Fair Silk Underwear & Hosiery" delivery truck in background in front of factory. Cardboard mount has some dust soil with a few color rubs around sides. Photo has lt. age yellowing but is Fine overall. The company began in 1899 as the Reading Glove and Mitten Manufacturing Company. After economic problems the name of the company changed to Schuylkill Silk Mills in 1913 and the next year they added silk underwear to the company's line of gloves. The company became Vanity Fair after a naming contest in 1917. In 1919 it became Vanity Fair Silk Mills. In 1929 they began making hosiery. A sharp and superb photo. From the Richard Merkin Collection and comes with Hake's COA.
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