Pure gum bottom. E’rrybody got ‘em. In 1904, that is. That’s when A. G. Spalding Bros. was the Nike of its time. Whatever happened to Spalding? Maybe it was competition from the Converse Rubber Company, now Converse, which was formed in 1908. Or maybe it was because of the last line of this advertisement for [...]
Pure gum bottom. E’rrybody got ‘em.
In 1904, that is.
That’s when A. G. Spalding Bros. was the Nike of its time.
Whatever happened to Spalding? Maybe it was competition from the Converse Rubber Company, now Converse, which was formed in 1908.
Or maybe it was because of the last line of this advertisement for Spalding’s basketball shoes, designed for expert use only:
We do not guarantee the soles of these shoes.
Well, then how could they guarantee the souls of the players?
Evidently, they couldn’t.
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Isn’t it that A.G Spalding is also a well known baseball player?
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