T209 Website launch

[Michael Peich]

Dear All--

I am pleased to announce, on Opening Day 2014, that my new website is ready for your viewing pleasure.

http://T209-contentnea.com

Some highlights of the site include:
• Photo gallery of individual player cards
• Photo gallery of T209-II cards organized by team
• Image gallery of the Erwin-Nadal T209-II card album
• Revised versions of the Old Cardboard articles on T209 with significantly updated information
• Gallery of shared poses of T209-II and T210
• Fred Stoehr letters written while he pitched in the southern leagues 1908-1910. Fred appears on a T209-II card.

I think you’ll enjoy viewing the images, especially of T209 and T210 cards, but also reading the revised versions of the T209 articles that Tim Newcomb and I wrote. The new information clarifies some important facts regarding the set.

Of particular interest are the Fred Stoehr letters. I have had time to upload only two of them, but more will be added in the coming weeks. They are a first-hand treasure trove of what it was like playing in the southern minor leagues from 1908-1910.

So, click on the link and enjoy navigating the website. And I am always anxious to receive constructive and helpful feedback to make the site accurate and informative.

Thanks for looking!

Cheers,
Mike

[the 'stache]

Very nice site, Michael. Bookmarked.

Does the set focus exclusively on Southern League players?

[Jason]

I just took a quick glance at the site.Michael that is a great looking website and I look forward to checking the whole thing out this afternoon after work. T209's are a awesome issue of cards.

[kkkkandp]

Very nice looking and interesting site!

[Michael Peich]

Scott,

Thank you for your kind words.

Yes, I agree on Beusse and Kite as the other players on the panels. I had come to the same conclusion, but in my haste to launch the site on Opening Day I forgot to note those clarifications in the narrative! I'll do so later today.

I'm not as certain about the panels as advertising. I originally thought they were advertising pieces, as Tim and I noted in our Old Cardboard essay on T209-I. But the more I became aware of the photos and the way they were taken, proof sheets made more sense to me.

That being said, maybe the website will help uncover some new information that will clarify the panels' origin. Stay tuned!

Cheers,
Mike

[sb1]

Mike,

I am fairly sure these were originally part of a larger piece and cut apart, but do not match on the cuts, I think there may have been more to it. Perhaps photo or maybe only text?? I doubt we will ever know lest an intact one surfaces. I think the stock is much too heavy to have been any type of printing process example, but a finished display or advertising piece.

Scott

[shernan30]

Nice site. Can't wait to read through it to learn a little more about the set.

[frankbmd]

T209 Series One Pope and T206 Clancy are pictured in front of the same building in the background. Take a look

Pope is pictured in a Raleigh uniform



Clancy is pictured in a Buffalo uniform



I suspect that the Contentnea cards were produced in NYC like the T206s and that the same artist may have been responsible for the background, but........

Have we ever figured out if the building in the background really existed?

Granted the building on Pope's card has 4 little doohickeys below the roof on the left side and on Clancy's card there are only 3 little doohickeys, but the similarity of the rendition of the building is otherwise striking. Artistic License??

Clancy played briefly for the Pirates in 1905 and then exclusively for both Buffalo and Rochester until 1912.

Ashley Pope was a nineteen year old rookie in 1909 for Raleigh and never played outside the South.

It does not appear they ever played close to one another in the 1908-1910 time span or at any other time for that matter.

Just wondering as this is the first time I have looked at the Series 1 Contentnea cards.

If I'm all wet, so be it (it wont be the first time). Just thought it was worth a post. Thanks for the website Michael, which should help educate the Contentnea novices on the board.

[sb1]

Mike,

Nice work!

On the panels, I believe the unknown player on panel one may be Beusse spelled incorrectly. The unknown player on panel two is Kite.

Also if you recall the second panel has some block text at the very bottom cut off, unfortunately not enough to make out what it says. I believe these pieces were part of a store/counter display.

Scott

[Michael Peich]

Folks--

The T209 website is now formatted for hand-held and tablet devices. Enjoy!

http://t209-contentnea.com

Cheers,
Mike

[JeremyW]

Great site, Mike. Your site, along with the Old Cardboard article, have put a nice spotlight on a group of cards that was long overdue.

[ValKehl]

Hi Mike,
Congrats on this very nice achievement. I look forward to when you have added biographies of the T209 players to your web site.

BTW, I checked my meager collection of 11 Virginia League T209-2s (the only ones I collect) against your T209-2 want list and discovered that I have one you are seeking - Griffin (Lynchburg). I'll email you scans of it, and if you want it, we'll find a way to get it into your collection.
Best,
Val