Bauer & Black Athletic Supporter
(1893 to present)COMPANY:
Bauer & Black (USA)
HISTORY:
Details are sketchy. It seems that Bauer & Black started in 1893 in chicago specializing in surgical dressings and plasters. At some point, they opened a New York branch. When they started producing athletic supporters in unknown but I can find advertising as far back as the 1940s.
In 1928, Kendall Mills aquired Bauer & Black and became The Kendall Company.
At some point, another company called BD aquired Bauer & Black as well as ACE and Tru-fit and eventually sold all those assets to 3M who are still manufacturing supporters under the Bauer & Black, ACE and Tru-fit names.
STYLES
Athletic Supporters and Suspensory Jockstraps
Bauer & Black currently produce athletic supporters and suspensory jockstraps
EXTERNAL LINKS:
Interesting article on an old Black & Bauer building in New York
VINTAGE ADS, BOXES AND PHOTOS:
YOUR JOCKSTRAPS PHOTOS: BAUER & BLACK ATHLETIC SUPPORTER