S & M Sporting Goods, 615 Francis, Store Photos, 1955

S & M Sporting Goods Baseball Glove Display, 1955: Copyright: 2017.37.3B S & M Sporting Goods Baseball Glove Display, 1955
S & M Sporting Goods Baseball Glove Display, 1955

Copyright: 2017.37.3B S & M Sporting Goods Baseball Glove Display, 1955

Name/Title

S & M Sporting Goods, 615 Francis, Store Photos, 1955

Entry/Object ID

P2017.37.3

Description

S & M Sporting Goods, 615 Francis, Store Photos, 1955. A letter and 2 photos taken inside S & M Sporting Goods, 1 of store window display. 2 photos taken by Tom Shannon of the Kansas City Kansan, 1 by Shultz Studio, St. Joseph. A = Letter, undated. To Fritz Cronkite, S & M, from Tom Sherman, Kansas City Kansan, enclosing photo proofs of the store. Paper, yellowed, 8" x 12" B = Store Display of shoes, baseball gloves, bats, ping pong paddles, etc. b/w., 8" x 10" (This photo included in Sports Age Magazine article 2017.37.1) C = Store Display of trophies & plaques, and boxed goods. Fritz Cronkite (left) and Ben Prentiss standing on balcony above display. b/w., 8" x 10" D = Store Window Display, Baseball theme, mitts, bats, shoes, pads, umpire mannequin, with banner of Major League Players above. Shultz Studio, photographer. b/w., 8" x 10".

Made/Created

Studio

Shultz Studio

Date made

1955

Place

City

St. Joseph

State/Province

Missouri

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Sports, Merchants

Search Terms

Francis Street, 615, S & M Sporting Goods, Francis Street

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Oct 10, 2016

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Fritz Cronkite

Person or Organization

Ben Prentiss

Provenance

Notes

Photos from the personal papers of Fritz Cronkite, owner of S & M Sporting Goods, donated by his daughter.