Show some postcards...

[Beatles Guy]

The only postcard I own (as of now):

[Bicem]

great Wagner pc's!

[53Browns]

Love this one....

[ksfarmboy]

A couple of mine.

[Exhibitman]

[bijoem]

[Exhibitman]

Nice Catalina Island piece.

[the-illini]

Nice postcard of Alexander following his 1926 WS exploits...

[JLange]

Seems like its never been easy to be an ump! I've shown this before but it keeps finding a new thread.

[ValKehl]

I have never seen the two on the right (with condition problems) before, and I know nothing about them. I would appreciate any info anyone can provide.
Thanks in advance, Val

[bcbgcbrcb]

Val:

Very nice items! The two on the right are likely 1-of-a-kind real photo postcards with the far right dating to 1907-1918 based on the stamp box on the back and the other one based on the photo looks like early 1920's.

[DixieBaseball]

1908 Univ. of Tenn PC with dog mascot and a player with the name F. Baker who actually looks like Eddie Plank(Center Row-Center Player)

[Ohio_Collectibles]

I've got this one.

[Kawika]

Val: I copied this scan from one of the recent auctions (can't remember which one). If memory serves, 'tho it don't serve too well, it was a near life-size portrait that was on display in Griffith Stadium (or RFK? or ??). Maybe someone else can get my story straight. Great image, eh?
I've always liked the Johnson and Street photo, and your colorized version is a beaut, but at the risk of offending the PC contingent and setting loose the Seinfeld quoters, it always struck my inner dinosaur as a tad gay.
This is a bloody great thread. Way too many mouth-watering beauties to single out one or another.

[Ladder7]

Finest and Bravest,

[ksfarmboy]

Val, great postcards. This might help a little. Same photo but different piece than the one David posted.

http://www.legendaryauctions.com/Lot...px?lotid=83586

[ValKehl]

Many thanks for your kind words and very helpful info re my WaJo PCs. This info helped my very pathetic, Alzheimers-like memory recall the huge photo that David is referring to, which appeared in Legendary's November auction - ref. lot#1258, http://www.legendaryauctions.com/Lot...x?lotid=114775 - and which sold for $8,295. I acquired my same-image PC in a trade about a year ago, and it has been in my safe deposit box ever since (this is the best excuse I can offer for not recognizing the image as being the same!).
Best, Val

[smokelessjoe]

Wish I knew what was written on the back of these... I have tried to research A.R. Smith to no avail. Still cool postcards though.

[Clutch-Hitter]

Love these postcard threads. Don't have much to offer but here's a McGraw that I thought was Keeler until I put it on this board a while back:



Here's our media guide from my senior year. We finished third at the NAIA World Series in Sioux City after defeating D1 Auburn when they were #1 during the regular season. We also defeated Miss State when they were top 25, D-2 #1 Delta State, NAIA #1 Dallas, NAIA #1 Bellevue, etc. Our head coach, Brian Shoop, formerly coached under Miss State's Ron Polk when Will Clark, Palmeiro, and Thigpen were there. After I graduated, Southern continued to win and finally won the World Series. They moved to NCAA D-1 but hired a new president who wanted football, so they switched to D-3. Coach Shoop moved to UAB where he remains, and Shoop's assistant is Coach Polk! Great men, both of them.

[Kawika]

Utterly cool media guide cover!

[Clutch-Hitter]

Thanks David!

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by Clutch-Hitter

Love these postcard threads. Don't have much to offer but here's a McGraw that I thought was Keeler until I put it on this board a while back:

Great knocker!

[calvindog]

[Bicem]

congrats Jeff, figured it was you!

[Ladder7]

Stunning!

[bcbgcbrcb]

Great Cobb postcard, Jeff!

[FourStrikes]

...here's a few of my favorite real photo postcards...

*not available for sale or trade*


DS

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[soxinseven]

My contribution.....

[bijoem]

a few more.....

1912 WaJo




1918 Wajo Exhibition Game
I'm calling these postcards because they are postcard sized.... and I want to call them postcards.





1912 World Series
crowd in Colorado "watching" the last game of the 1912 World Series. Watching the game - meant watching a chalkboard get updated by a person receiving info by telegraph.

[D. Broughman]

Originally Posted by smokelessjoe

Wish I knew what was written on the back of these... I have tried to research A.R. Smith to no avail. Still cool postcards though.

Shawn I have the one on the left with a blank back. It was put out by Collier Magazine and drawn by Charles Dana Gibson. I can't find it at this time but will post if I can find it. It is a little bigger than a postcard I think. Hope this helps. D.

[D. Broughman]

Originally Posted by D. Broughman

Shawn I have the one on the left with a blank back. It was put out by Collier Magazine and drawn by Charles Dana Gibson. I can't find it at this time but will post if I can find it. It is a little bigger than a postcard I think. Hope this helps. D.

Here it is I found it. It measure 5"x7".

[Ladder7]

Old Huntington, Because of the rings around the cap, I believe this image was shot 1904,

[Exhibitman]

It's an Exhibit card!

It's a postcard!

It's an Exhibit card!

It's a postcard!

It's an Exhibit card, you cow!

Relax folks, it's an Exhibit card and a postcard.

--With apologies to New Shimmer the dessert topping/floor wax

[calvindog]

[Rob D.]

 

[FourStrikes]

here's the color variation of Cluth-Hitter's JOHN McGRAW "Knocker" postcard, also from 1905

*not available for sale or trade*

DS

[ksfarmboy]

Wichita trifold postcard of the 1910 team and a stadium shot of where I played Legion ball in 1986-87.

[Marckus99]

Here's a few...some new, other's long gone...

'05 NY NL
'21 Cin - Coumbe
'14 NY NL

[Marckus99]

'09 Atlanta - Bayless
PC770 - Berger
'28 PCL Exhibit - Thurston

[Marckus99]

'34 Det - Hogsett
PC796 - Overall

[bobbvc]

One of my all time favorite cards.

[tlwise12]

A few of my recent pick ups...One is supposed to be a prison team and the other has negro players standing outside a negro friendly hotel...

[joeadcock]

US in Cuba, earlier in the 1900's.

[joeadcock]

When I got this several years ago, I had information that it portrayed a game in Cuba. But I lost the information. Anyone recognize this as being in Cuba?

Happy New Year USA.

[HRBAKER]

[smokelessjoe]

Hey Dynarl,

Thank you for the info! The two postcards are glued to a scrapbook so I wish I could see what is written on the back??? The scrapbook belonged to Emil Fertig who conversed with baseball players of the day. He was apparently the biggest fan of the Indianapolis Baseball team. He was a referee of sorts and the whole town relied on him for Baseball info. As you can see, A.R. Smith from Nashville, Tenn. is written on the front of the postcards, so I have tried to figure out if Smith has any relation to baseball??? No Luck...

I want to thank Jeremy or JJ or Nashvillebaseball as well. I tried to respond to your email but I am not sure if it went through?

I am posting another pick in case it got lost in translation.

Wonder What Is Going On With This Dog Smoking A Pipe Postcard????? Back Stamp puts is at 1923-1939 - REALLY STRANGE

[Ladder7]

It was a horse, 'til he started smoking

[Exhibitman]

As long as we're going a bit off the beaten path, so to speak:



From Wikipedia:

"Before 1865, when the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was signed, battles royal often appeared on the undercard of boxing matches. These fights would normally involve five or six slaves fighting blindfolded and bare-knuckled. Depending on the pre-agreed rules, these fights would either last until one man was left standing, the winner, or until two remained standing, at which point the blindfolds would be removed from the combatants and the fight continued until one was unable to continue. The owner of the winner would receive the prize, which was usually small.

The practice of fighting battles royal in this context continued long after the abolition of slavery. Some were still fought legally in the 1930s albeit with the use of gloves. However, most bouts in this period were fought illegally at "smokers", unsanctioned and unregulated boxing matches, as preludes to the main event. Almost all fighters at these contests, both legal and illegal, were still black African-Americans, although they were now allowed to keep their winnings. A battle royal is the subject of the first chapter of Ralph Ellison's novel Invisible Man.

Many major black boxers of the early 20th century gained their first in-ring experience at these battles royal. Such fighters include Jack Johnson, Beau Jack, and Joe Gans."

[2dueces]

I must have misses this thread. This is one of the only threads I really can contribute some unique items. This isn't unique but it is the favorite in my collection.

[2dueces]

I have collected quite a few cool postcards. If anyone is still interested in seeing more, just ask and I'll dig up some snapshots of baseball history. One of my favorite fields of collecting. A group of men playing as a team. Imagine them aged and wrinkled with their grandkids on their lap telling stories of their glory years. Pointing to teammates and telling their stories. To me, it tells more in one picture than any single baseball card ever could. Enjoy.