April 1, 2025
Gil Hodges, baseball pin / button....1 ¾ inch
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Gil Hodges Souvenir Pinback Baseball Button 1 ¾ inch.This is a Vintage souvenir baseball pin / button. When I was a child 5-13 years of age I would spend occasional summer weeks at my Grandfathers & Grandmothers house in the Bronx, New York. Grandpa Joe, AKA “Baseball Joe”, was the owner of a large outside food and souvenir concession (1945-1975) at Yankee Stadium; opposite gate 6. As a result, they kept an inventory of souvenirs, in their garage at their residence. While visiting, as a child, I would often play at, in, and around the rear yard and the garage. Grandma, would allow me to play with the souvenirs and would also allow me to take and keep what I wanted. I was their 1 st grandchild, therefore the oldest, and looking back, I was treated special .As I approached my teen years, I became a weekend and summer employee of “Baseball Joes” Concessions (see last (2) photos of post card of Baseball Joes Parking Lot and rear of concessions) . Among my numerous jobs, (when not selling hotdogs) was opening boxes of these buttons, cutting ribbon from rolls & installing the pin into its back (they snap in). In other words, the buttons you see elsewhere, with trinkets and ribbons hanging from them, were not factory generated. Rather, they were assembled by concessionaires and souvenir vendors. I know, because while the baseball games
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