This 1934 Blue Valley Butter Ink Blotter illustrates a boys and girls baseball team playing ball in front of a Blue Valley billboard sign, wearing Blue Valley baseball uniforms. Two girls looking on with skirt uniforms, and one boy shouting "Get in the game." The bottom right reads Good food-good sport-good health" with "© Blue Valley Creamery Co. 1934" at the bottom.

  In 1935 Frank Frisch, manager of the St. Louis Cardinals endorsed Goodrich Safety Silvertown Tires, with life-saver golden ply. "Blow-Out Protection At No Extra Cost" This ink blotter was used as an advertisement for "Goodrich Silvertown Stores, Henderson 8000 Telephone Lakewood 5515, Carnegie at 36th 14710 Detroit Ave."

 Frank Frisch is pictured over a yellow background, and the speech bubble reads: "It's a nerve racking business to face big league pitchers day in and day out, but those vicious pitches are nothing at all compared to the blow-out I had. I certainly don't want to face another blow-out. That's why I Have Goodrich Golden Ply Silvertowns on my car" Frank Frisch Mgr. St. Louis Cardinals.

Baseball Schedules were popular and commonly used, like this 1945 Pittsburgh Pirates, Forbes Field Home Schedule, ink blotter. Rip Swell in a pitching pose is featured on the left, above a list of Pittsburgh Pirate World and National League Championships. Separated by the 1945 home schedule,

to the right is Babe Dahlgren, remembered for replacing Lou Gehrig in the lineup on May 2, 1939, which ended Gehrig's 14-year, 2,130 consecutive game streak. Below Dahlgren in a batting after-swing pose, is the key for (N) night games, (D) double headers, and (H) holidays listed on the schedule.

In 1949 the John Hancock Insurance Company ran the Mighty Casey "He Never Struck Out At All" national magazine Ad campaign. The company also produced posters, and ink blotters which coincide with the ads. The John Hancock produced ink blotters feature "Casey At The Bat" artwork on the left,
 done by renown illustrator Albert Dorne, co-founder of correspondence schools for aspiring artists, photographers, and writers.

 The original oil painting hung in Buzzie Bavasi's office behind his desk. Bavasi was General Manager of the Brooklyn/LA Dodgers from 1951-1968, the San Diego Padres, 1969-1972 (president from 1973-1976), and GM of the California Angels from 1977-1984. To the top right of the "Casey At The Bat" artwork, is a small segment of the full magazine poem titled "He Never Struck out at all"

  During the 1950s, noted illustrator William Medcalf produced a series of baseball related artworks for the advertising firm of Brown & Bigelow. The artwork was featured on a number of branded promotional merchandise which included calendars, schedules,

playing cards, and ink blotters. Six of Baseballs biggest stars were depicted on these advertising novelties; Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, and Connie Mack, appeared as they did in the early 1950's, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and John McGraw as spiritual images. The 3-7/8 by 9 inch ink blotters were printed by Brown & Bigelow with a blank space for advertisers, to the right of the William Medcalf illustration. The advertisement on this Babe Ruth “C'Mon Kid” ink blotter is for T. B. Lee, Realtor, 501 County St., in Virginia.

In 1955 Brown & Bigelow issued the "Grantland Rice's Roll Call Of Champions" adverting ink blotters. Grantland Rice was an early 20th-century American sportswriter whose writing was published in newspapers around the country.

 The 4 by 9 inch, sports themed ink blotters with the header "Grantland Rice's Roll Call Of Champions" featured artwork on the left with a quotation below written by Grantland Rice. A space to the right was reserved for an advertiser. The bottom reads "Created by Brown & Bigelow St. Paul, Minn., U.S.A." The 1955 copyrighted ink blotters subjects included: Man O'War; Jack Dempsey; Knute Rockne; Ben Hogan; Bobby Jones; Charley Paddock; Bronko Nagurski; Babe Ruth; Lou Gehrig; and John McGraw-Christy Mathewson.