Thanks, Ben. Part of the reason I had to have it was that my son Daniel was born at New York Presbyterian Hospital, which stands where Hilltop Park once stood. Here's the hospital entrance where we first brought Daniel out into the sunlight. It stands at 167th Street and Broadway--precisely where that original entrance to the park stood.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2.../hilltoday.jpg

No THAT is am awesome KILLER PICKUP. I am sure there are a ton of ways you can display that photo. Very cool...

Ruth Photo
 

Ben:

That Ruth photo is great. I see a lot of photos and that one is among the
best Ruth photos I have ever seen. Congratulations :)

Thank you. The one with kids or the one of the Japan tour in 34? The reason I ask is people love individual Photos for different reasons and always wondering what others appreciate.

Ben
I too love the image with the kids.

Incredible photos and backstory.

Here's a link to a thread about a Vintage Keio pennant I found. Long gone but thought you may be interested Scott.

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...highlight=Keio

Finally framed this very rare woodcut!

Chris, that's a cool pennant - thanks for sharing.

Thank you Mike. I do love it and very happy I was able to add it to "the vault".

Scott, Love the Postcard Calendar from Villisca,IA. Whats very interesting about the piece and the year being 1911, is the history of that town and what happened the very next year that makes the place Infamous. Cool piece from a very small town with a notorious past

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villisca_Axe_Murders

Love how big that catchers mitt looks on that little kid:p

You can't see it from the photo, but the actual images are also embossed, so the catcher's mitt sticks out a bit.

Also, I didn't know about the Villisca axe murders, but looked them up last night. That will keep you up at night.

I thought that image looked familiar. I have the same image on a postcard from St Joseph, MO. This image is also embossed.

I have one from the same series from Boston.
Alan

Hey guys,

I picked this up last week from Rhys:

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ps1e3e48bd.jpg

I've ALWAYS loved this shot of Reiser, but never could find a nice print of it, nor did I know the date. Now I've got both (June 3, 1941 - homer in the first inning!) and man, I need to paint it. Not that many people like Reiser. But I sure as sh*t do!

Graig

Sweet pic!;)

Go Blue!!! Very cool image. The release of tension in his face and the three guys in a line. I can already imagine the painting. Do it!

Another Wheat.

Cobb
 

Me likey :D

Me Likey too. I WANT IT BAD :(

I won this in Legendary's auction late last month but it finally arrived today. This is a postcard written and signed by Walter Johnson in 1908, just a few months into his second major league season. He wrote this card to his friend while aboard a boat crossing from Cleveland into Detroit for a game against the Tigers. Walter mentions Washington's win over Cleveland that day. This is one of the earliest known examples of Walter Johnson's signature. Signed Walter J.

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...psf959772d.jpg

Great post-card. I skirmished with you briefly.

I was happy to win it. You got a great E107 though. I'm still looking for one of those.

I matched mine against the one Hunts sold that was only initialed. Mine was sent earlier. I heard of a third one floating around and I'd love to see the date on it.

Simply a GREAT postcard

Packs,
Congrats on your early WaJo postcard!
I wasn't in a position to bid on this one because of some recent purchases, but I was defintely following it.

I think this is truly one of the nicest Johnson signed pieces I have seen. :)

Recent Vandy Type I pickups
 

My computer has been out of commission recently, but I have been fortunate to pick up some extremely nice new Vander Meer Type I photos in the interum.

Many thanks to net54's own Graig Kreindler and Rhys Yeakley for providing assists. ;)

These photos feature:

1) Vandy signs for fans on 6-23-38 at the Polo Grounds not long after he pitched his double no-hit games.

2) Vander Meer pitching at Crosley Field in his rookie season 1938

3) Two photos of Vandy pitching at historic Wrigley Field in September 1939.

4) Vandy being greeted by female fans upon return to Cincinnati in late June 1938. Vander Meer would go on to start the 1938 All-Star game at Cincinnati less than 2 weeks later, picking up the win for the NL. Vandy only gave up 1 hit in 3 IP at the mid-summer classic in '38, shutting down HOF'ers Jimmie Foxx, Joe DiMaggio, Charlie Gehringer and a host of others.

5) Major leaguers Johnny Vander Meer and Al Lyons greet Rollie Helmsley upon arrival at Sampson (NY) Naval Base in 1944.
The heavily vaunted "Sampson 9" had just won the first 25 of 26 games that they had played in prior to Helmsley joining the team- some team!

March Pick Up - Maranville Day
 

March Pick Up - Maranville Day - July 19, 1918

Jim:

Nice item. Was this put out by the Springfield Republican newspaper?

It's been awhile since I've picked up photos worth sharing here but I landed a few this month.

Henie Manush - 1926 - Tigers - Won batting title that year (.378).

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Henie Manush - 1929 - St. Louis Browns - only hit .355 that year

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Johnny Vander Meer and Bill McKenie - 6/17/38 - 2 days after Vandy's 2nd No-hitter.

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Dizzy Dean getting ready to go celebrate after shutting out the Tigers in the 7th game of the 1934 World Series. 10/9/34.

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Yankees arriving at thier training site in Panama. 2/16/46.

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Mel Ott - George Dorrill photo. Circ 1940's.

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Roy Campanella - 1953

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Reply
 

Hi John, Thank you. There is no credit on the front or back.

I do have a real photo postcard that used a couple of the same images, it was produced by Comet Studios in Boston.

I get the assist! Thanks, Scott!

Those Vandy's are WINNERS. :)

Graig

Went to a card show today and picked up some vintage Topps Yankees cards for my various team sets I am putting together:

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y89...psf2416fbd.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y89...ps92e515d3.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y89...ps6c5741f7.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y89...psce2f4b73.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y89...ps3849f4bc.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y89...ps9c36374c.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y89...ps6ce867d8.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y89...ps1abfe4a5.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y89...ps830acd0b.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y89...psc19c78aa.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y89...ps787b3bf2.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y89...ps1618f578.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y89...ps96afd42b.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y89...psc58ae904.jpg

Mike

Scott,
Congrats on the pics.
I absolutely love this pic.
I think it would look incredible in Kreindlercolor.

http://www.net54baseball.com/attachm...1&d=1364043835

Best,
Mark

Now for my own
 

Well it has been a while since I posted any pickups. I've been spending money on getting the basement finished so I would have a place to hang all this stuff. So far, my room is done so I am starting to go through some stuff to decide what to hang etc and came across some things I forgot I had.

Late 50's 60's UPI restrike pic of Joe D and Cronin. Signed by both.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...JoeDCronin.jpg

Type 1 of Ford and Mantle. The back has a NY times stamp without a zip code. I know original NY times pics are rare as they haven't sold their pic archives. I have not seen any exemplars of other NYT stamps either. Any further ID help would be appreciated.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...MantleFord.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...tleFordbk3.jpg

1962 Wirephoto of Koufax's no hitter against the Mets.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...oufaxnohit.jpg

Original 1927 Type 1 of Lou at the playground. This goes with the one of him in the playground at bat(which I don't have...Yet!)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...playground.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...aygroundbk.jpg

1928 Type 1 of Lou in Spring Training.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...attingCage.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...tingCagebk.jpg

Original promo pic of Ruth, Cooper, and Mack Prior to POY filming.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...erRuthMack.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...RuthMackbk.jpg

A couple more
 

So I just won on ebay this set of pics of Mel Ott.

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=10522

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=10521

I got them for 2 reasons. First Mel Ott was my dad's favorite player, so I always have a soft spot for him. Second is that it goes with the other pics taken prior to the 1936 WS of Lou and them together.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...composite1.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...composite2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...936WithOtt.jpg

Interestingly enough, on the right edge of the top Ott pic there is a brown shadow that matches with a similar one on the left of the second pic. The reason i find it interesting is that my two Gehrig photos are taped together with a similar brown tape. I wonder if they are still connected. The seller didn't specify either way. I'll see when they get here.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...mposite1bk.jpg

I also picked up a nice pic of Lou with his wife.
http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...ictureid=10523

Mark, This one was on the back of a photo of Eddie Stanky in action dated 7/4/51. I know I have some other examples scanned around here somewhere, but this was the first I could lay hands on. All of the ones that I have handled (single digits) originated in some way from a player's estate (this one from Stanky's) which leads me to believe they were given to the player photographed as a complimentary copy or perhaps upon request. As you say, the rest of the hard copies are still locked up tight in the archives, taunting John Rogers in his dreams :p

Lance,
Thanks very much.
It is an interesting thing. There is only one exemplar in the Yee-Fogel book, but it is so small, you can barely make it out.
The book states that since 1941 none of the Times pics were used for syndication, so originals are very difficult to find. I didn't know this until tonight rereading that section. I've had the pic for a very long time, so I have no idea where I got it.
Mark

Hi Mark,
Thank you for the compliment. I must admit that when I spotted this photo I thought this would be perfect for Graig to paint as well. ;) :)

BTW, awesome photos that you posted as well. I especially like the two of Lou Gehrig. The spring training image is a dazzler!

Man, Lou was a monster. Look at him compared to those kids. What a great picture.

Yeah, I didn't realize he had such muscular arms.

Scott <=== loves scrolling past piles of 1960's Yankee commons

Not sure what made this scorebook so tough but it had eluded me for some time. Extremely glad to finish off my 1950-1958 run of Wichita Indians/Wichita Braves scorebooks.

Dem Bums...
 

Many thanks to GoldenAge50s for this '56 Dodger Year Book...I think it's neat I'm only the second person to own this copy in almost 60 years...I'll take good care of it Fred...

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images...ooklyn-dodgers

Love that score card and that vintage Dodgers year book. Sweet pick ups.

Mike

hornsby
 

Was lucky enough to be the high bidder on a 1923-25 Rogers Hornsby game used bat at an auction in Little Rock, AR. It has been through a lot over the years but I intend to see it gets new life.

Great pickup Clint...glad you got that run out of the way...is it just me or does that mascot on the front of the program look a little feminine?

I saw that auction, curious how it's related to hornsby based on just RH??

Thanks Dan. Yeah I thought the same thing. I don't know what's up with that. I guess they didn't like the design because they went back the Indian swinging the bat.

could you show where on the barrel the mark is

Hornsby
 

Roger Hornsby did not sign a contract with Hillerich and Bradsby until I believe 1926. One of these which was a sidewritten R.H. bat recently sold in the Feb. Heritage Auction. (#80097) If I remember, I saw another one as well a very long time ago as well. Pictures also apparently exist showing Hornsby in the Cardinals dugout posing with one of these R.H. bats which shows the label turned toward the camera. Thanks.