"AST . . . " ball team postcard. Help w/ ID?

[Bob Lemke]

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Digging through a misc. binder I found this postcard I've held for 20+ years.

As you can see, the postcard was made by photographing an existing PC.

Perhaps someone here has seen the original card.

I can read "AST" on the facing of the jerseys.

According to the list on baseball-reference.com, there have been no pro teams such as Astoria, etc., so this must be a town team.

Any idea from where they hail?

[CTDean]

Is it possible the original was a trimmed photo and not a PC?

[Steve D]

It looks to me that the name down the front of the jerseys is either 6 or 7 letters, beginning with "Ast" and ending with "a".

Other than that however, I really don't know.

Good luck in your research Bob.

Steve

Edited to add:

I just looked in Googlemaps, and the only Astorias are Astoria, Queens, NY, and Astoria, OR.

[Jeffrompa]

A is the last letter of the Town name " Astabula " possibly ?

[HRBAKER]

Astoria?

[BeanTown]

Astoria?

Winner winner chicken dinner!

[frankbmd]

I respectfully disagree. The configuration of players in the photo strongly suggests a conga line, originating in Cuba. The conga line didn't make it to the states until until the 1930s. So I am going to have to go with Artemisa, Cuba. A little known fact of Cuban writing in the first part of the twentieth century is that the "r" and the "s" were interchangeable, particularly after the bars closed.

[Wite3]

Bob,
Definitely Asoria, OR...here is a link to another photo with the same uniforms...

http://www.sportingoregon.com/p240751508/h4219ee34#h105d5165

From there, you can scroll through some other photos of this team and even some identifications of players...

Hope this helps.

Joshua

[Bob Lemke]

Thanks, all, especially Joshua. I concur, Astoria, Ore.