I know we all have team pins that are unattributed to any particular manufacturer or set so it would be nice if we could find out which exact pins were part of the Cranes set. Now we need to find some kind of documentation that shows what the complete set of pins should look like. We have two of the four examples shown and I’m sure the other two are out there somewhere in people’s collections. I would say that based on this paper, we can solidly confirm that Cranes did issue a set of pins in the early 50s. I have a few pins which might be Crane New York Giants but I never categorized them as such. Your paper, with the Brooklyn Dodgers, shows there were 1950’s issues as well. I have all of those and the Guy’s for my SF Giants. I had always thought the Crane pins were only issued 1961-69. I have seen the Yankees and the Indians pins from a friends collection but have not seen the cardinals or Dodgers ones yet.
(Red Schoendienst? Or maybe an abbreviation used by Buck) He mentions Jefferson Burdick, unfortunately I'm not sure what RS means. 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. 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) 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.
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