This has to be one of my favorite threads ever .

This is THEE best thread, some awesome postcards show up here!

The Neighborhood Team:
 

My Grandfather and the bunch fielded only one celebrity, Nunnally Johnson, Academy Award nominated screen-writer for 'The Grapes of Wrath'

Don't know how much detail you can make out, but there's some great gloves.

Attachment 149184

Circa 1905 or 1906

Just picked this one up:

http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/y...s8054fa18.jpeg

http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/y...s3e13ba2c.jpeg

Tom C

Rube and friends
 

Agreed, great thread.

Why do you torture me Dave? Great postcard.

Billiard/Bloomer crossover, town ball player displaying his balls.

I love that one Scott. I was the underbidder when that one was on eBay a while back! Love it!

A few more
 

Only cause I like ya (and your taste in postcards), Jeff :D

Seattle Dave: Big Jeff Tesreau is one of my boys. If you ever tire of this postcard I will lawnmower your yard every week for a year for it.
http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_...u%20_Bain_.JPG

Awesome Tesreau postcard, confirms a set of those were produced...

http://www.robertedwardauctions.com/.../2011/736.html

(owned by a fellow board member and postcard guru)

I bid every week for two years.

Great stuff, guys. I'm impressed every time I tune in.

http://i1023.photobucket.com/albums/...s8be0a525.jpeg

Lawn and Ten
 

Given that I want no rancor between you two fine Northwest fellows, and that my lawn is pretty small, I might have to hang on to Jeff T for the time being.

David, here's your 1911 Victoria Bees goofing around, Ten Million 4th from right.

Tremendous Vic Bees postcard. Any idea where it was taken? According to Tom H's write-up at the Safeco "Pacific Northwest Baseball" exhibit, "The Victoria team played in a ballpark at the end of the streetcar line at Windsor Park in the neighbouring community of Oak Bay." (I notice that tricky Canuck Tom slipped a "u" into neighbor). I live 1/4 mile from Windsor Park and there is no topography nearby like there is beyond centerfield. Tom is not one to make unsubstantiated statements which makes me wonder if the photo was shot at one of the other Northwestern League ballparks, perhaps Bellingham.

In other news, you ever seen a McDonald Obak before?
http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_...ia%20Obak2.jpg

Nice Obak, David. Instead of "Ten Million" we can name it "Ten Kawika".

Victoria
 

Probably not Bellingham, as their lone year in the Northwestern League was 1905. I've not tried to match it up with other NWL parks, but will see what I can figure out, and let you know.

That McDonald Victoria Obak is stellar, but I'd REALLY like to get my hands on the Mac T4 :eek:

1910 Portland Beavers postcard
 

Many thanks to the person who wanted to add this 1910 Portland Beavers PCL postcard shown at the top to my postcard collection, along with other wonderful items from the family of one of the players pictured. A few others from the same era are shown below it.

For more, visit http://www.sportingoregon.com . Always buying!

Great stuff!
 

Guys, as a newbie, I cannot tell you how much I am enjoying all of this history unfolding before my eyes. Thank you for allowing me to ride along!

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That says it all...
 

certainly to the point

<p align="center"><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/rmacpa/baseball/huge/jacksonpc1.jpg">
<br /><b>1907 victor mills s. carolina team postcard with joe jackson</b>
<br />back row (standing) second from left - click on image to enlarge</p>

arlie latham

Thread over.

WOW!!!!!

Yep - we all lose!

Pretty impressive for your 5th post ever on this forum!!

to those that have sent e-mails in regards to the victor mills postcard, thanks for your inquiries.

in that this postcard represents the earliest jackson related item ever recognized (and likely ever to be recognized) by psa or sgc, i would prefer to retain it at this time. that said, if an offer were to be made that was too good to pass up, i would be foolish not to accept it. absent that, it is not being offered for sale at this time.

Well, then...
 

Where do you live?

Burke Postcard
 

posted in the June pickups but picked this up. It's a bit rough.

Spargo, Hartford team
 

These are toughies:

Beautiful postcard. What did you have to do to get SGC to authenticate it?

Guessing nothing, they weren't so crazy strict on player identification back in the day like they are now.

1914 State Champs (possibly Indiana) with Edgar Burch (French Lick Plutos, Indianapolis ABCs) holding the bag. If anyone has any information on any of the other players or this team, please let me know.

http://i1023.photobucket.com/albums/...eChampions.jpg

Some real beauties folks! Here's a 1933 Wheaties postcard of Art Ruble.

An eclectic trio
 

1. Most "Japanese Tour" postcards are of the printed vs. real photo variety. Here's a fun game action RPPC, Iowa vs. Waseda.

2. Nick Altrock clowning, RPPC.

3. Kinda ugly, but still neat 1906 Chicago WS related PC, front and back.

world series postcards
 

World Series scoreboard images are unusual. Here are five more.
1. 1906 World Series (a variation on the one above)
2. 1915 World Series and Chicago City Series
3. 1933 World Series
4. 1935 World Series
5. 1937 World Series
For more, including a gallery of World Series-related postcards, visit http://www.sportingoregon.com . Always buying!

Shoeless in Carolina...
 

Simply stunning. Thank you for sharing. I would love to hear the back story on this pc. Did you find it in a Carolina flea market? Where did it come from?

Congrats on a wonderful team image. Southern teams are hard to find pre 1910. Adding Joe to it, is utterly ridiculous. :eek:

Postcard-ish, I think:
 

I believe this is the earliest card for him- I couldn't tie my shoes at this age:

Attachment 150431

Yup, Feller RC, Raymond.

Haven't checked-in with this thread in about a week. Thanks for the amazing surprise RMACPA. I was scrolling down and my eye went to Joe Jackson and my jaw dropped. Would have written about nine minutes sooner but was in a catatonic state.

Would love to know anything more you feel like telling about this card. Mainly did you find it in S. carolina area and is there any interesting note if postally used?

Thanks for posting.

(Okay so now it's Christy shaking hands with Rube followed by Joe Jackson Victor Mills. No, no, it's Joe Jackson first THEN I would want the Christy..... sigh.)

peter

Ty and Cy
 

Image 1: Game action real photo postcards of Ty Cobb taken by spectators are exceedingly scarce (I know of just one other). Image 2: I don't recall ever seeing a real photo postcard of Cy Young from during his playing days, and this one is noteworthy as it is among his last photos as a major leaguer.

In the first image, Ty Cobb is shown at bat in an outstanding photo snapped by a spectator who wrote on the back of the postcard, "I may not be able to Ty Cobb but I can snap him. Taken at the Wilkes Barre and Detroit game Sunday, Sept. 24-11." Just before the end of the 1911 season, at about the time the Detroit Tigers were eliminated from the pennant race, the Tigers visited Boulevard Park for a game with the home town Wilkes Barre Barons, champions of the New York State League. The Tigers prevailed 3-2, according to a box score of the game. Cobb went 0-3, so this image probably shows him recording an out. His teammate Sam Crawford was 4-4. Behind the plate that day for the Barons (and behind Cobb in this image) was Joe Briger, whose minor league career spanned 1907-1925.

In the second image, Cy Young stands wearing a Boston Braves uniform in 1912. His statistics show his last year as 1911, but he was a member of the 1912 team until he effectively retired after arm trouble prevented him from making his first appearance on May 23 at Pittsburgh. That makes this image among the last taken of him as a major leaguer. The year 1912 can be isolated by the word Boston appearing across the uniform front and an Indian head logo on the left shoulder. The team surrounding him is unidentified. If you have any information on their identity please let me know.

For more rare postcards and other early baseball items visit http://www.sportingoregon.com . Always buying!

Those are AWESOME!!!

What great pieces of history!

Not an understatement. Beautiful pieces.

IMHO, this is one of the all-time-great threads - hope it never dies!
Val

This photo of WaJo dates to the late summer of 1912, when the Senators players wore black arm bands following the death of team co-owner and president Thomas C. Noyes. A 3'+ tall rendition of this photo hung inside Griffith Stadium for many years, and it was auctioned by Legendary in November 2010 - http://www.legendaryauctions.com/Lot...ntoryid=111077

A WaJo fan has written of the back of this PC, "pitched his first World Series game on the below date" - the date this fan wrote, October 3, 1924, is incorrect - WaJo pitched the first game, which took place on October 4th. But, the fan did correctly note that WaJo lost 2 games and won 1 game (the 7th game) of the Series.

Despite its pathetic condition, I really like this PC. Unless my "CRS" memory is failing me again, I have never seen another example of this PC. Has anyone else ever seen one?
Val

http://photos.imageevent.com/bicem/johnson/Johnson.jpg

Mine was was mailed by former New York Yankees catcher Pius "Pie" Schwert during the 1925 World Series.

First in War, First in Peace, and (very infrequently!) FIRST in the American League!

Jeff, many thanks for showing your very-nice example of this striking WaJo PC.
Best,
Val

WaJo
 

Love that Johnson postcard, Val and Jeff. Really great.
I posted this first one in the Weiser Wonder PC thread too.

postcards
 

some of the postcards I have sold/consigned or traded over the years

<p align="center"><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/rmacpa/baseball/huge/johnson2.jpg">
<br /><b>1909 barr-farnham series photo of washington team</b>
<br />from player owned 1909 washington senators presentation album - possibly unique - click on image to enlarge</p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/rmacpa/baseball/huge/johnson1.jpg">
<br /><b>1909 barr-farnham series photo of walter johnson</b>
<br />as pictured in ken burns book (baseball - an illustrated history) - from player owned 1909 washington senators presentation album - possibly unique - click on image to enlarge</p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/rmacpa/baseball/huge/cantillon12.jpg">
<br /><b>1909 barr-farnham series photo of joe cantillon</b>
<br />from player owned 1909 washington senators presentation album - possibly unique - click on image to enlarge</p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/rmacpa/baseball/huge/eddinger1.JPG">
<br /><b>1909 barr-farnham series photo of j.w. eddinger</b>
<br />from player owned 1909 washington senators presentation album - possibly unique - click on image to enlarge</p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/rmacpa/baseball/huge/smith1.jpg">
<br /><b>1909 barr-farnham series photo of c.e. smith</b>
<br />from player owned 1909 washington senators presentation album - possibly unique - click on image to enlarge</p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/rmacpa/baseball/huge/hughes.jpg">
<br /><b>1909 barr-farnham series photo of t.j. hughes</b>
<br />from player owned 1909 washington senators presentation album - possibly unique - click on image to enlarge</p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/rmacpa/baseball/huge/groom.jpg">
<br /><b>1909 barr-farnham series photo of robert groom</b>
<br />from player owned 1909 washington senators presentation album - possibly unique - click on image to enlarge</p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/rmacpa/baseball/huge/freeman.jpg">
<br /><b>1909 barr-farnham series photo of jerry freeman</b>
<br />from player owned 1909 washington senators presentation album - possibly unique - click on image to enlarge</p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/rmacpa/baseball/huge/burns.jpg">
<br /><b>1909 barr-farnham series photo of bill burns</b>
<br />from player owned 1909 washington senators presentation album - possibly unique - click on image to enlarge</p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/rmacpa/baseball/huge/gray.jpg">
<br /><b>1909 barr-farnham series photo of w.d. gray</b>
<br />from player owned 1909 washington senators presentation album - possibly unique - click on image to enlarge</p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/rmacpa/baseball/huge/mcbride.jpg">
<br /><b>1909 barr-farnham series photo of g.f. mc bride</b>
<br />from player owned 1909 washington senators presentation album - possibly unique - click on image to enlarge</p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/rmacpa/baseball/huge/street.jpg">
<br /><b>1909 barr-farnham series photo of c.e. street</b>
<br />from player owned 1909 washington senators presentation album - possibly unique - click on image to enlarge</p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/rmacpa/baseball/huge/unglaub1.jpg">
<br /><b>1909 barr-farnham series photo of r.a. unglaub</b>
<br />from player owned 1909 washington senators presentation album - possibly unique - click on image to enlarge</p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/rmacpa/baseball/huge/delahanty1.jpg">
<br /><b>1909 barr-farnham series photo of jim delahanty</b>
<br />from player owned 1909 washington senators presentation album - possibly unique - click on image to enlarge</p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/rmacpa/baseball/huge/blankenship.jpg">
<br /><b>1909 barr-farnham series photo of c.d. blankenship</b>
<br />from player owned 1909 washington senators presentation album - possibly unique - click on image to enlarge</p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/rmacpa/baseball/huge/kahoe.jpg">
<br /><b>1909 barr-farnham series photo of m.j. kahoe</b>
<br />from player owned 1909 washington senators presentation album - possibly unique - click on image to enlarge</p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/rmacpa/baseball/huge/milan.jpg">
<br /><b>1909 barr-farnham series photo of j.c. milan</b>
<br />from player owned 1909 washington senators presentation album - possibly unique - click on image to enlarge</p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/rmacpa/baseball/huge/conroy.jpg">
<br /><b>1909 barr-farnham series photo of william conroy</b>
<br />from player owned 1909 washington senators presentation album - possibly unique - click on image to enlarge</p>