Sockalexis!
Just got this beauty back from SGC today. I never thought I would be adding this to my Maine players collection. Not even mailed!
While I was anxiously waiting for my card to come back, I also got the amazing opportunity to view a private collection, and got to take some photos. I even, and this might be my favorite part, got to see the original (well, a copy of it) newspaper article that showed the box score from the exact game in the postcard!
There was also a cartoon, but I will NOT post images of that, because it was basically super racist (the Bangor team was playing a traveling African-American all-star team and got their a**es kicked).
I still can't believe I have Sockalexis in my baseball room! Now to find a suitable place for him...
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