Remember Spalding Golf Balls? Spalding-branded golf balls are once again available to the public. An iconic brand Is back on the tee box. When someone sees the Spalding name on a golf ball again ...

From left: a feathery ball, c. 1830; a red gutta-percha golf ball, c. 1860; and a Spalding ball, late 19th or early 20th century. Getty Images Subscribe to Smithsonian magazine now for just $19.99 ...