Founded by Philip Goldsmith in Cincinnati in 1875, P.Goldsmith & Co. invented a machine that automated the process of winding string around a baseball. By 1937, and possibly earlier, the sporting goods company was making caps for the hometown Reds, and later did the same the Pittsburgh Pirates, the New York Giants, the Chicago Cubs and others. In 1937, Goldsmith bought the struggling company Crawford, McGregor & Canby Co. for its lines of golf and tennis gear, and perhaps its name — and merged the two names to become MacGregor-Goldsmith in 1946. Six years later, Goldsmith was dropped from the name. Examples of caps made by all three are displayed here.