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Photos of the Founding Collectors
Good morning, does anyone have a photo of the following collectors or know where I can find one?
Walter Corson Bob Jasperson Goodwin Goldfadden John D. Wagner I'm also looking for photos of Enos Gordon Goudey and Photographer Carl Horner. Anything would be greatly appreciated. Thank you |
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Goodwin Golfaden in 2010: Bob Jaspersen with son Mike in 1967: And in 1972 with Jeff Morey, Waite Hoyt, and Pat Quinn: I don't have a picture of Walter Corson, but I wrote a long post about him: http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=232220 |
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I would have bet everything I own that David would be the one to answer this.
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I have a picture of Walter Corson
Will have to do some digging though ..
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That's why I didn't take your bet.
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David, you're an excellent researcher, and Jeff, I look forward to seeing a photo of Walt when you have the chance! Thanks for this. I've been trying to put faces with the names of our founding fathers of the hobby and the owners who started companies that issued cards...a daunting task.
I had a photo of Carl Horner from an auction catalog, but I cant remember the catalog name and lost the photo. The Boston Public Library claims they don't have a photo, but he's such a prominent photographer at the time, I find it hard to believe. |
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Carl Horner
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Actually, its serendipity more than anything that I was the first to respond. I'm in London right now, and when I saw this post I was in the London Metropolitan Archives, near the end of a day of research. I had some time, and I knew I had some of those pictures in posts I've made here, or in George Vrechek's articles, so I took 10 minutes and put together a reply. I was going to say that Jeffrompa probably had a picture of Walter Corson, who was best friends with Jeff's dad, but I didn't want to be presumptuous. I guess I needn't have worried.
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I spent many hours on Saturdays in Goodie's store on Santa Monica Blvd near Fairfax as a kid. You walk in the front and it was very narrow entrance and there was a desk. You would tell him what player you wanted and he would go in the back and a few minutes later come back with a stack of cards constrained with a rubber band. He also did that thumb thing with them on the corner. He did not care very much about condition.
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I lived within walking distance of Goodwin's shop. Most times you needed to call ahead to let him know you were coming. The front part of the store was shelves and tables piled high with magazines, books, boxes of assorted cards, etc. If you asked for a little known player in an obscure set, he walked into the back room and come out with 10 of the cards you just asked about.
I too would cringe when he did the thumb-flip through a stack of cards in order to find one. Goody may or may not have had the first card store. I just feel fortunate that, in retrospect, I had the opportunity to meet him and do some trades with him. He is part of the hobby's heritage. |
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I asked the Hall of Fame if they could help me secure a photo of Walt Corson, and they said I have to make an appointment first. I don't live in New York and gave them info from his letters. Didn't help much apparently. I also found into from one of the Arizona papers that the Arizona State League was formed prior to 1926. Every site I've got to says it was started in 1928 -clearly this is not the case. Corson and the Arizona State League are fascinating to me. I cant believe there isn't a photo? A Yankee spring training photo from 1926 or 1934?
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Harold C. DeLong artwork
So I was going to save this as a surprise for all my fellow members here, but I have a request for it. I was able to do a portrait of Harvard alum, class of 1904 Harold C. DeLong. Harvard is not too keen on allowing the original photo to be made public, so the only thing original is Mr. DeLong's head, everything else I came up with out of the thin air of history. Enjoy.
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