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FourStrikes
04-10-2010, 11:39 PM
8 1/2 x 9 "Casey at The Bat" scorecard / fan , copyright 1908 issued by The Wheel Cafe, Buffalo, NY


I've read Thayer's classic poem over and over thru the years - anybody with any other oddball "Casey" items out there???


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thekingofclout
04-11-2010, 12:04 AM
Really terrific. Please tell the story on how you acquired it.

Best, Jimmy
FourStrikes
04-11-2010, 12:36 AM
Really terrific. Please tell the story on how you acquired it.

Best, Jimmy

thanks, Jimmy....I've had the fan since the early to mid 1980's, and "rediscovered" it again in an "UNSORTED / UNFILED" box while working on organizing the collection this week, along with a few other pieces of baseball sheet music and other cool stuff.....I do not recall the specifics of the purchase, but more than likely, it was purchased at an antique show way back when...

it appears to have never had a stick attached to it, and along the left edge it says "Fan No. 174 - Baseball Mitt - One Design - Poetry No. 230", so it's possible that it may be a salesman's sample???


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yanks12025
04-11-2010, 06:07 AM
I have a puzzle.
baseballart
04-11-2010, 06:29 AM
DS

Thanks for the thread. I have a fair bit of Casey material, and I'll try and scan some more. Here are three

first hardback edition of Casey

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/23/89884439_86462cad4f_o.jpg

another Casey edition (this is actually not my scan; my copy is in a little worse shape)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/26/89954323_df681fb0e7_o.jpg

Casey ink blotter

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/102/265516682_cf80e18734_o.jpg

Max
Oldtix
04-11-2010, 06:49 AM
More to come...

http://s915.photobucket.com/albums/ac351/oldtix/CopyofCASEYATTHEBAT.jpghttp://s915.photobucket.com/albums/ac351/oldtix/Baseball%20Memorabilia/001-7.jpg
HexsHeroes
04-11-2010, 05:31 PM
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(obtained from Rhys Yeakley).
FourStrikes
04-12-2010, 12:05 AM
great stuff everybody! - thanks for posting.


here's a few more:

Wallace Beery in C.A.T.B promo glass slide

John Hancock advertising blotter

1911 advertising blotter - similar to, but a different version of, the blotter Max posted


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Oldtix
04-13-2010, 07:49 PM
Insert poster (14" x 36") for the 1927 movie matching FourStrikes' glass slide.

http://s915.photobucket.com/albums/ac351/oldtix/Sports%20Posters%20and%20Signs/029.jpg
thekingofclout
04-13-2010, 08:04 PM
That's a terrific and big poster Rick. Really special.