Amazing WaJo PC discovery

[CrackaJackKid]

Hey Hank,

At the museum in Coffeyville,Kansas they have this uniform and hat. Do you know anything about it?

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by CrackaJackKid

Hey Hank,

At the museum in Coffeyville,Kansas they have this uniform and hat. Do you know anything about it?

First I've seen it. I did a book signing at that museum 20 years ago, I don't think they had it then. They had the loving cup, the original photo of his house in Humboldt, those are the things I remember.

[CrackaJackKid]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

First I've seen it. I did a book signing at that museum 20 years ago, I don't think they had it then. They had the loving cup, the original photo of his house in Humboldt, those are the things I remember.

Yes, they told me everything had been donated by the family. There was no literature explaining he significance of the jersey and hat. I took these pictures a little over two years ago. Here is a couple more, one being the house you referred to.

[Baseball Rarities]

It is amazing how many great Walter Johnson postcards have been discovered with Weiser addresses or postmarks.

[sb1]

Kevin,

Since most Rose PC's carry Philadelphia area or east coast postmarks, and this one carries a St. Louis, MO postmark(where the Senators played the St. Louis Brown's on the day of the postmark(sept 23, 1908). Do you think Walter got the pc in St. Louis, or more likely might the Rose Co. have provided him with some?

[Bicem]

Speechless.

[ksfarmboy]

That’s amazing Hank. Would love to see those jerseys too!

Robert, did Coffeyville still have the Christy Mathewson and Walter cabinet from Joplin? Last time I was there they had it thumb tacked to a wall.

[Baseball Rarities]

Originally Posted by sb1

Kevin,

Since most Rose PC's carry Philadelphia area or east coast postmarks, and this one carries a St. Louis, MO postmark(where the Senators played the St. Louis Brown's on the day of the postmark(sept 23, 1908). Do you think Walter got the pc in St. Louis, or more likely might the Rose Co. have provided him with some?

Great question. The Senators had recently come off of a long homestand. I bet that he had bought a few locally there. There would be no reason why St. Louis stores would stock Johnson or any of his Washington teammates since the city was host to two different teams at the time, thus 24 different local players with Rose Co. postcards could have been available to them. The Senators had not played in Philadelphia since July, so that rules that out. I doubt that the Rose Co. would have provided all 192 players in the set with postcards for their own use. While Johnson’s ERA was very impressive this early in his career, he was probably just another rookie with a .500 record on a lousy team at the time, so he would not have been treated much differently from any of the other players.