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slidekellyslide
08-05-2016, 11:57 AM
When this walked into my shop today. :)

Photo album of the 1914 Boston Braves along with a stack of scorecards from both Braves and Red Sox games including 3 or 4 that I saw just flipping through with Ruth as the Pitcher. There are many more photos and autographs than I am showing here.
irv
08-05-2016, 12:02 PM
When this walked into my shop today. :)

Photo album of the 1914 Boston Braves along with a stack of scorecards from both Braves and Red Sox games including 3 or 4 that I saw just flipping through with Ruth as the Pitcher. There are many more photos and autographs than I am showing here.

Nice!

Was that a purchase or something different?
slidekellyslide
08-05-2016, 12:14 PM
Nice!

Was that a purchase or something different?

Yes, a local auctioneer gave me the name of the guy who had this, he tried to explain it to me over the phone while I was on vacation. He met me at my shop a few days ago and said he'd like to sell it. I made him an offer, he said he'd do more research and get back to me. he came back in today and sold it to me.
sporteq
08-05-2016, 12:25 PM
oh wow... very cooL! Thanks for sharing:)
Bpm0014
08-05-2016, 12:32 PM
That is one of the coolest things I've seen on this site in a long time.... Amazing pickup..
horzverti
08-05-2016, 12:45 PM
Beautiful Wagner and Bender photos! Wow! Nice treasure.
GoCubsGo32
08-05-2016, 12:57 PM
http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/640/962/d91.gif

Wow. I'm truly jealous. That would be my Holy Grail! Congrats!
Bumpus Jones
08-05-2016, 12:57 PM
Awesome!
MGHPro
08-05-2016, 01:07 PM
That's pretty awesome ! Congrats !
nebboy
08-05-2016, 01:09 PM
Amazing pickup
Shoeless Moe
08-05-2016, 01:35 PM
Awesome, good to know there is still undiscovered stuff like this still out there.
lefty147
08-05-2016, 01:44 PM
Incredible find.
edtiques
08-05-2016, 02:08 PM
Nice find!! Congrats!
Scott Garner
08-05-2016, 02:10 PM
Wow, Dan! That's an amazing find. So cool- congrats!
byrone
08-05-2016, 02:13 PM
Yeah, the Wagner and the Bender are awesome

And Fred Clarke with the middle finger? What's up Fred? :)
YankeeFan
08-05-2016, 04:30 PM
Congratulations! I enjoyed looking at that great find.
vintagesportscollector
08-05-2016, 05:02 PM
Congratulations! I enjoyed looking at that great find.

+1. That was a treat to look at. Amazing. Congrats Dan!
baseball tourist
08-05-2016, 10:27 PM
Wow! Very nice
GoCubsGo32
08-08-2016, 11:04 AM
Any chance you could show more photos from this album please?
slidekellyslide
08-08-2016, 05:09 PM
Here you go, Gary.
Scott Garner
08-08-2016, 05:26 PM
So cool, Dan! :)
CardboardCollector
08-08-2016, 05:34 PM
Wow, thanks for sharing.
ksfarmboy
08-08-2016, 06:14 PM
Wow outstanding Dan!
slidekellyslide
08-08-2016, 08:03 PM
Thanks guys! Definitely one of the more interesting items I've run across.
Lordstan
08-08-2016, 08:10 PM
Just awesome Dan.
vthobby
08-08-2016, 08:26 PM
Are you selling?

Thanks! Mike
GoCubsGo32
08-08-2016, 08:27 PM
http://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/joaquin-phoenix-shock-signs.gif

Total mind blowing. Crazy haul . My main focus is collecting HOFer snapshot photos.Really special to see some amazing "candid snapshots" of earlier players. In addition, how up close and very focus the photographs are...very cool!

Thanks so much for sharing!
slidekellyslide
08-08-2016, 09:01 PM
Here are a couple of the scorecards from some interesting games. "Speaker Day" at Fenway on May 9, 1916 and the June 1, 1916 game with Ruth pitching a 3 hit 1-0 shutout against Walter Johnson.
horzverti
08-08-2016, 09:28 PM
I feel greedy asking to see more. :D Are there more?

Love the Frank Baker photo. The gifs are great too.
slidekellyslide
08-08-2016, 09:45 PM
I feel greedy asking to see more. :D Are there more?

Love the Frank Baker photo. The gifs are great too.

Yes, there are more...
slidekellyslide
08-08-2016, 09:51 PM
And still more...
Scott Garner
08-09-2016, 04:54 AM
Dan,
I was particularly intrigued by the original snapshots of no-hit pitchers George "Iron" Davis and Thomas L. Hughes (aka "Salida" Tom Hughes) in your collection.

After doing some quick research, I think that there is also a potential tell on when these photos were taken because of the presence of Salida Tom. Former NY Highlander Salida Tom didn't rejoin the 1914 Miracle Braves until the last two weeks of the 1914 regular season. Late in his baseball career he was previously toiling away in the minor leagues prior to a late season call up.
As a result, I would gather that these snapshots were either taken early in the 1914 (unlikely) or late in the season (extremely likely) given the nature of their historic 1914 campaign.

It's too bad that Salida Tom was not one of the players that signed his snapper. His autograph is truly scarce and is one that I have personally looking for to add to my vintage no-hit pitcher autograph collection. In fact, I have only seen one example of his signature on a 1914 Miracle Braves team ball. Certainly a very tough signature for someone who had a death date of 1961. After baseball I have been told that Salida Tom was somewhat of a con man or grafter, perhaps accounting for his signature being so difficult to find. An interesting early baseball figure, for sure...

Thanks for sharing this "Miracle" collection of snapshots! :)
Leon
08-09-2016, 06:09 AM
Congrats. It is truly phenomenal.....
Huck
08-09-2016, 07:11 AM
Dan,

It's too bad that Salida Tom was not one of the players that signed his snapper. His autograph is truly scarce and is one that I have personally looking for to add to my vintage no-hit pitcher autograph collection. In fact, I have only seen one example of his signature on a 1914 Miracle Braves team ball. Certainly a very tough signature for someone who had a death date of 1961.


Here is another example: https://books.google.com/books?id=2sRO59OvBmcC&pg=PA205&lpg=PA205&dq=tom+salida+baseball&source=bl&ots=RcgjUPk4GM&sig=AuKhfXdXxsvqntwX-xgxTL931SQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjsvvTEsbTOAhWK6CYKHShtCbM4ChDoAQgoMAI#v =onepage&q=tom%20salida%20baseball&f=false
Scott Garner
08-09-2016, 08:05 AM
Here is another example: https://books.google.com/books?id=2sRO59OvBmcC&pg=PA205&lpg=PA205&dq=tom+salida+baseball&source=bl&ots=RcgjUPk4GM&sig=AuKhfXdXxsvqntwX-xgxTL931SQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjsvvTEsbTOAhWK6CYKHShtCbM4ChDoAQgoMAI#v =onepage&q=tom%20salida%20baseball&f=false

Hey Dean,
Nice catch on the signed Salida Tom photo in this newer book.
Thanks for posting this!
ullmandds
08-09-2016, 12:47 PM
Amazing, Dan!!!!
JeremyW
08-09-2016, 03:25 PM
Dan- Great find. Hate to say it, but the only way it could be better would be if the photog got a few shots of Ruth while he was in Boston. Either way it's a great get & I'm happy that you were able to acquire it. So cool.
slidekellyslide
08-09-2016, 08:52 PM
Dan- Great find. Hate to say it, but the only way it could be better would be if the photog got a few shots of Ruth while he was in Boston. Either way it's a great get & I'm happy that you were able to acquire it. So cool.

I know, right? It seems like the person who put the album together continued going to games for at least two more years as they kept score for games through 2016. Maybe they kept an album for each season and those are still out there somewhere?