I have acquired one of my Holy Grails

[slidekellyslide]

A photo album filled with baseball and football photos taken by a member of the Nebraska Indians baseball team...Making this even better for me the player was also the quarterback of the Nebraska Cornhuskers in 1914 and 1915 and there are also many photos of the football team. Another plus is the addition of many photos of Les Mann who was apparently a pal of the player who made the album (Max Towle)...further research has revealed that they went to high school together.



Some tough looking Nebraska Indian players wearing their caps at the train station



A team shot that I'd not seen before



Max also played for the Husker baseball team



Some Husker football shots




Hanging out with Les Mann (In his Springfield College lettermen's sweater) and "Doc" (haven't researched this fellow yet) in Kalispell, Montana



More shots of the Nebraska Indians





A shot of Buck Beltzer with his family - Beltzer was team owner and manager of the Nebraska Indians at that time



1918 Naval Aviation (Seattle) Football team...lots of former collegians on this team



A Lincoln company team (I believe Laundry company)



A couple semi-pro teams that Towle played with



A three legged race at the ball park

[MichaelS]

Very cool, where did you come across that?

[Jay Wolt]

Dan, great pickup, thanks for sharing!

[thecatspajamas]

Very nice, and I don't think it could have wound up with a more appreciative new owner. Congrats!

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by MichaelS

Very cool, where did you come across that?

Got it on ebay...I've known about the existence of this album for a few years now..an article came out in a very short lived baseball history magazine called "108" in which there were some of the photos I've shown here in the magazine credited to the "Max Towle Scrapbook"...I was stunned to see this show up on ebay from a consignment shop in Canada. I actually tried to get the author of the article (Jeffrey Powers-Beck) to give me contact info for the owner of the album, but he wouldn't give it to me, and I understood that...I just figured it would be an item I would never see.

[Leon]

Congrats Dan....neat item and thanks for showing it.

[jcmtiger]

Dan, congratulation on your collection. You are really dedicated to the Nebraska collection. I really can't see any one as dedicated. great Job!!!

Joe

[Scott Garner]

Wow, Dan! Congrats on this terrific pickup!
Simply awesome for your collection........

[vintagesportflips]

Wow, that album has some killer photos in it, Congrats Dan

[batsballsbases]

Dan,
Very nice! Looks like you will be enjoying that album for a long time!!

[Mark]

Yes, Dan, that album has found the right home. I admire the fact that when you chase multiple items, each one seems to you like THE Holy Grail. In my case, they seem like the labors of Hercules.

[thetruthisoutthere]

Congrats, Dan. It's always nice to hear when a sincere collector like yourself gets the piece.

[baseballart]

Wonderful and glad it's in the right hands where it will stay together

Max

[Ladder7]

What do they put in the corn over there? One happy bunch of rubes, and great uniforms too. Congrats.

[ksfarmboy]

Awesome Dan! Looks like loads of great stuff in there. Always great to see something like this in the right hands.

[slidekellyslide]

Thanks all...I've been extremely busy with closing one business and opening a new one so have had little time to hang out at Net 54 lately. I appreciate all of your comments.

[esd10]

nice pickup and great piece of sports history and its nice to see that you will keep it together and not piece it out.

[Rickyy]

Congrats Dan. I enjoyed looking at the photos....what a fabulous addition to your collection!

Ricky Y

[Runscott]

Dan, congratulations on this find.

[slidekellyslide]

Thanks guys.

[Wymers Auction]

Thanks for sharing this with us. Really fun to look at!!!