1939 Baseball Centennial "Special Exhibition of Baseball Souvenirs"

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Posted By: Rob D.

While searching through boxes in response to another post (Jodi, I'm coming up empty but am still looking), I came across something kind of interesting.

I picked up this 20-page pamphlet in the early days of eBay (1997 or '98). It's a program for a "Special Exhibition of Baseball Souvenirs" that was hosted by a DeSoto-Plymouth car dealership in Los Angeles in conjunction with the Baseball Centennial, in 1939.

I scanned two inside pages to provide an idea of the eclectic collection of exhibits that were on display. (Note the owner of exhibit No. 136.)

One of the pages I did not scan has this description of exhibit No. 150, which was loaned by "Joe E. Brown, Motion Picture Star":

Babe Ruth bat, 1931, 60 home runs; last shirt worn by Ty Cobb; last mitt Roger Bresnahan used in Major League; copy of first baseball book by Henry Chadwick; cap worn by Eddie Collins in 1917 World Series; shirt worn by Dizzy Dean in 1934 World Series; pitchers' mound, Detroit World Series, 1934; shoes worn by Tris Speaker, 1920 World Series; glove used by Herb Pennock, 1927 World Series; bat carried by Hans Wagner, 1900 to 1914; letter from Eddie Collins to Joe E. Brown.

Joe E. Brown, the Charlie Sheen of his day.

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Posted By: Max Weder

Rob

Very very cool item

Max

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Posted By: mark

as a collector of all things associated with the centennial celebration I am jealous. If you ever want to find it a nice home, please give me a shout. Very nice!

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Posted By: Chris

from a sheet from a 1907 newspaper - Seattle Post Intellegence - celebrating a tory about the "Golden Wedding of Uncle Sam and Base Ball" Photos of a 1866 game, Waseda University Tokyo team, A.J Reach, a London Eng. and a game played in France.

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Posted By: Rob D.

Mark,

E-mail me when you have a chance.

Rob

wolfie51sb@aol.com

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Posted By: Matt

this one caught my eye: "pitchers' mound, Detroit World Series"

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Posted By: Andy Baran

Mark,

Any chance that you have an extra HOF ticket that you could part with? My son was born on June 12th, and that is the only piece of HOF Memorabilia that I have seen that actually has the June 12th date listed. Thanks.

Andy

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Posted By: mark

It's kind of an expensive ticket...I have (somewhere in my stash) a couple of used tickets but they go for more than $200. My suggestion is to check out FDC's( first day covers) on ebay. There are many varieties and many can be picked up for $30 +/-

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Posted By: Max Weder

June 12 is a good birthday ; mine was a little later than 1939 thankfully

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Posted By: Andy Baran

Mark,

I might be interested in a used ticket at that price. Please let me know if you locate one and are willing to sell it. Thanks.

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Posted By: mark

Andy, I briefly looked for tickets and will let you know what I find. (The one I'm willing to part with has significant creases if I remember correctly.) As I look, I thought I'd share some of my stuff...some photos from the opening, apparently taken by a fan....photos are 3"X4".

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Posted By: Andy Baran

Just let me know. Thanks for looking.