VINTAGE 1960s J.C HIGGINS SKIN DIVER UNDERWATER CARIBE SCUBA MASK SEARS BOX ONLY

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VINTAGE 1960’s J.C. HIGGINS SKIN DIVERS UNDERWATER CARIBE SCUBA MASK 2522 SEARS ROEBUCK BOX ONLY.
Marked on the box Printed in USA on this vintage
J.C. HIGGINS Skin Divers Caribe Mask model 2522. This is for the BOX ONLY. There is some edge wear and wear spots on the graphics. Box is solid with no split corners on the top part of the box. Also includes the bottom part of the box and this has a tear in the top edge corner approx. ½” in length and also a spot where there is a tear starting/crease mark (see close up photos).
Although there is no date, this was mixed in with some other vintage items dating back to the 1960’s and earlier. A great item to display.
Here is some information I found regarding the brand to help determine the age on this item.
J.C. Higgins: 1908-1964
Many people ask if there was a real "J.C. Higgins" who worked for Sears. There certainly was. John Higgins began working for Sears in 1898 as the manager of the headquarters' office bookkeepers and retired as company comptroller in 1930.
"John Higgins" the employee became "J.C. Higgins" the brand name during a discussion in 1908 among Sears' executives of possible names for a new line of sporting goods. At this point, the story gets a bit murky, but Higgins' name was suggested and John Higgins consented to Sears use his name. Since he did not have a middle initial, Sears added the "C."
In 1908, the Western Sporting Goods Company in Chicago began putting J.C. Higgins on baseballs and baseball gloves sold in Sears catalogs. By 1910, the J.C. Higgins trademark was extended to cover footballs and basketballs. Later, the popularity of the Higgins brand—combined with the wider participation of American youth in sports—led Sears to place tennis equipment, soccer balls, volleyballs, boxing equipment and baseball uniforms in the J.C. Higgins line.
By the 1940s, J.C. Higgins represented all Sears fishing, boating and camping equipment. After the Second World War, Sears consolidated all sporting goods under the J.C. Higgins brand name and added it to a line of luggage.
The J.C. Higgins brand disappeared shortly after Sears introduced the Ted Williams brand of sporting and recreation goods in 1961.
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