A.H. Ward baseball bat
Contributed by Fryeburg Historical Society
Item 13504
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Baseball bat with A. H. Ward Fryeburg Maine stamped on it. The bat was most likely manufactured at the mill on Wards pond.
The mill, built by John Ward before the year 1900, was later purchased by A.H. and S.E. Ward. It originally manufactured wagons, pungs, sleighs, and peevies. For a period of time in the 1940s the Ward mill turned out baseball bats.
Other Information
- Title: A.H. Ward baseball bat
- Creator: Ward, A. H.
- Creation Date: circa 1920
- Subject Date: circa 1920
- Town: Fryeburg
- County: Oxford
- State: ME
- Media: Wood
- Dimensions (cm): 86 x 6 x 7
- Object Type: Physical Object
For more information about this item, contact:
Fryeburg Historical Society
511 Main St., Fryeburg, ME 04037
(207) 935-4192
http://www.fryeburghistorical.org/
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LC Subject Headings
A. H. Ward (Firm) (Fryeburg, Me.)
Baseball bats--Maine--Fryeburg
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