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1966CUDA
03-14-2010, 07:57 PM
Picked this postcard up recently and have questions as to what time period is it from and who does it picture? I don't have much knowledge about older baseball players and have seen numerous threads here when question who is pictured on different postcards/photos so I figured I would post my questions & pics here and see what you folks think. Maybe it's not even a period piece and not worth the paper it's printed on?

Thanks-Claude

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buymycards
03-14-2010, 08:08 PM
Can't help you with the pc's, but I was wondering if you own a 66 Cuda. I loved the old Barricuda's. They were much nicer than the Mustangs.

Rick:)

Jason Carota
03-14-2010, 08:42 PM
I can't help you with the player. Based on the stamp box, however, the PC was produced between 1904 and 1918. I have a minor league PC (no scan readily available) with the same stamp box, but I've had no luck identifying the player.

rhettyeakley
03-14-2010, 08:49 PM
Unfortunately, this real photo pc depicts a high schooler (most likely) or one of the millions of ameteur ballplayers that played in the early part of the 1900's. The player is of the right age to be a high school ballplayer.

-Rhett

FUBAR
03-15-2010, 12:57 AM
well i am going to agre with Rhett. The letters on his uni are OHS so i am going to harbor a guess HS means high school

ElCabron
03-15-2010, 08:30 AM
Pretty sure it's a young Josh Gibson. Just look at the ears.

-Ryan

celoknob
03-15-2010, 10:25 AM
Pretty sure it's a young Josh Gibson. Just look at the ears.

-Ryan

What?

ElCabron
03-15-2010, 10:30 AM
What?

You're right. Now that I look at it, it's definitely Joe Jackson. Or Ty Cobb. One of those two.

-Ryan

GrayGhost
03-15-2010, 11:18 AM
I guess those were attempts at humor....., when the original poster was trying to get some legit help on his postcard.

ElCabron
03-15-2010, 11:33 AM
I guess those were attempts at humor....., when the original poster was trying to get some legit help on his postcard.

Yes, like every other wishful thinking postcard question ever posted on this board. Not every real photo postcard ever produced pictures a major leaguer or HOFer.

But this one does. It's Eddie Plank!

-Ryan

slidekellyslide
03-15-2010, 01:30 PM
I think you guys underestimate Ryan's ability to spot Josh Gibson in a photo.

rhettyeakley
03-15-2010, 01:55 PM
While Gibson isn't a bad guess, it is obviously a young Frank Baker you got there, although the ears suggest Don Mossi...remember it's all about the ears! (I couldn't resist):)