Show Your Programs, Schedules and Scorecards
 

Happy New Year, everyone!

Saw Jimmy's recent post. I think I read recently where Marshall Fogel spoke about collecting "horizontally". Spreading your interests, so to speak. It's hard to focus on that very one thing, when there are so MANY great options to choose from - pennants, print material, photographs, pins, etc.

For me, it's the early Yankees and a fascination with the Deadball Era. These were tough to pass up.

Yankee Stadium Opening Day, 1923

Sporting Life Schedules from 1904 - 1913.

19th Century Harvard vs Yale Football scorecard
 

WOW, Jacksons - that's some great stuff - the Opening Day program is fantastic, and those schedules don't suck either!

here's a November 18, 1876 Harvard-Yale football scorecard ( first game of rivalry was played in 1875 ).

DS

...and an 1883 Harvard-Yale Baseball scorecard
 

May 26, 1883 Harvard-Yale baseball scorecard (Yale 5, Harvard 1 )

I also have a few 19th Century Major League Baseball scorecards I will try to upload later.....

DS

1894 Yale vs Princeton
 

This is the front and back of an 1894 Yale vs Princeton program... Its missing its insides.:(

How about scorebooks?
 

1940s-50s Cleveland Indians scorebooks endorsed by Jimmy Dudley (Cleveland's play-by-play announcer) and one endorsed by Bob Feller

Jacksons. I do believe you were referring to this post...
 

You know, come to think of it...
most items in my collection I found while searching in a much more broader fashion. I just don't really use specific terms when searching for stuff. I know it sounds pretty goofy and if you're married I certainly don't endorse it, but it has served me well over the years, although it can be VERY time consuming.

Same with catalogs. I will go through them over and over until something catches my eye.

I write this cause I think this is a great thread and when I started to think about what is tops of my want list for the coming year now that I got the '51 Bobby Thomson Ticket Stub... I really couldn't come up with anything specifically.

So...anyone else collect in this fashion or am I the lone nut-job here?
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First off Jacksons. The items you posted are flat out tremendous! Absolutely superlative.

Regarding collecting themes, I tried about nine or ten years ago to put together a set. Now, one of my strengths as a man is I know what my weaknesses are. So I set out to putting together a 1968 Topps Baseball Card Game in high grade. I think it's only 33 cards that are not that tough to find in high grade although they do have some centering issues.

Anyway, after acquiring about half the set, I was bored out of my mind. Let me say that I have tremendous respect for all of you set builders out there. I admire your patience and determination. But I'm just not cut out for it.

Once I realized I could buy vintage photos of Babe & Lou for a small fraction of the price that their cards were fetching, I sold all of my card collection, about a hundred PSA 9 HOF players from the late fifties, the sixties and early seventies, and then started to focus almost entirely on vintage photos.

About that time a mutual friend had introduced me to Marshall as he knew Marshall was very passionate about photos and it didn't take long until I was completely emersed into collecting vintage photographs. One of the best tips Marshall ever gave me was to always keep an open mind when collecting.

Marshall is a real gem and very unique in his approach to collecting. First off, he put together the finest card collection in the hobby, which since has been bettered, and all the while he was also collecting pins, photos, advertising pieces, the finest game used bat collection extant, signed balls, pennants, game used uniforms and gloves, and some of the most fantastic odds & ends you'll ever see. And all the while never compromising quality.

So under his guidance, I started putting my collection together, with a decent but limited budget. For me, I love the fact that there will never be an end to what I collect, but my main focus is adding companion pieces for my photographs. This by far gives me the greatest pleasure.

There is something to be said for collecting things that can't be found in a monthly or even yearly price guide.

What Marshall taught me was the most simple lesson in the hobby... "Collect what you like in the best condition possible." Still the best advise you can ever get.

So Happy Collecting to all of my fellow board members and stick to your guns, no matter what others may say. I hope everyone gets the pleasure I get from collecting and also, the thrill of the hunt.

Sincerely, Jimmy

1899, 1904 and 1933 Reds Scorecards - 1892 & 1927 schedules
 

Enjoy...

World Tour program 1913-14


Max

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3244/...35ee51f2_o.jpg

October 10, 1904 Chesbro's "Wild Pitch" (only example known):

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...904cover-1.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...904score-1.jpg

1927 Yankees:

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

Ruth's "Called Shot":

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...2WSgame3-1.jpg

David - I have the very same 1927 scorecard - it's from an April game against Boston - great stuff and thanks for sharing!

Thanks for the compliment. But the regular-season scorecard cover is generic--there's no way of telling the game, or even the team played from the cover alone.

Thanks Jimmy...
 

Jimmy - well said. Thanks for your insight and input, as always.

I have many more items to share - I unfortunately have most of them already framed and matted archivally, hanging on walls in a dark room of my home.
My plan is to try scanning many of them through the UV glass - hopefully I can pull that off - we'll see. The material shared here on this board is tremendous - I would love to contribute more.

Always appreciate the quality of your posts, as well as the quality of your collection.

David - sorry - meant mine was from an April game against Boston. Noted in pencil on the inside...

"Thanks for the compliment. But the regular-season scorecard cover is generic--there's no way of telling the game, or even the team played from the cover alone. "

Oops! Sorry. I really should have realized that anyone with a collection such as yours knows very well that the covers are the same.

Please forgive my lecture.

The 1924 home schedules for the Browns and the Cardinals line this chapeau from a St. Louis hatter.

1920's Cleveland Indians metal schedule
 

2" coin / medal made from some type of metal - issued by The Ideal Tire Co.

schedule does not feature a year, but appears to be from 1920 season ( according to schedule / scores listed at Baseball Almanac )

DS

Thanks to a fellow board member, this 1903 Highlanders schedule:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2.../1903front.jpg

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

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1904 New York Giants Old Timers Game Program
 

McGraw's refusal to participate in a "World's Series" in 1904 led the Giants scrambling to appease frustrated fans.

This "Old Timer's Day" game against the 1889 squad was their solution.

Now that is one beautiful--and rare--piece!

When I purchased the Falk photo the auction description said "circa 1905" and on the back in period ink was written "1905". Board members have written me asking when the picture was dated to and my answer was 1905. This fantastic poster nails it down better. Same with the McGraw roto. It's difficult to read but does it say "Photos by Falk" underneath McGraw?
http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_...ca.%201905.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_...ze/DMcD549.jpg

It does, David. Will post a better scan tonight.

Glad it helped your research!

LOVE that Highlanders schedule, David. Mighty rare indeed.

Thanks, Graig. Obtained it from Pat Nester about a year ago.

'69 Miracle Mets

In 1884, Washington ...
 

fielded teams in 2 of the 3 major leagues, the American Assn. and the Union Assn. As the summer progressed, the AA team did much worse than the UA team and lost much of its fan support. The AA team's manager was fired after the August 1st home game against the NY Metropolitans (with HOFer Tim Keefe). Following a 6 - 5 loss to the NYMs on August 2nd, the Wash. AA team was disbanded (their final record for 1884 being 12 wins and 51 losses). Below are (1) a scored score card for the final 8/2/1884 game (Keefe played center field), upon which the fan wrote in the margin "Washington Club disbanded after this game," and (2) A Wash. AA 1884 schedule upon which presumably the same fan wrote "disbanded this date" right next to the August 2nd date. Sorry my pics don't do these pieces justice - I don't have a scanner and I am lousy with a camera!

Giants hosting the Cardinals winning 5-4

http://www.qualitycards.com/pictures/giants1910.jpg

Great program there Jay. Here's an unopened piece of Adam's Pepsin Gum that I found in my great grandmother's belongings.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...uldhave012.jpg

Programs
 

Here are some of my favorites from my collection
1871 Chicago White Stockings (Cubs)
1908 Cubs
1922 Chicago Bears vs. Jim Thorpe and his Oorang Indians


http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z...ubsProgram.jpg


http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z...ubsProgram.jpg

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z...rsvsOorang.jpg

Here are a couple of Detroit Programs. 1911, 1913, 1914, 1916.

Joe

Here's a blank scorecard that resides on the back of a 1910s Hand Fan. I have listed it on the B/S/T for anyone that might be interested...

Superb Item guys!
 

1924 WS Score Card

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...g?t=1262807281

1955 WS Progam - Brooklyn Dodgers

An all-time favorite - being a bums fan - the first and only year they won the series in NYC - I still can't believe they left!

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...g?t=1262807343

1929 WS Progam

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...g?t=1262807495

A few Yankee programs and one from the Negro Leagues.

1896 NY Giants Program vs. Louisville
 

Some Items from My Collection:

Brooklyn Dodgers Programs 1922 & 1940 Pre-Season
 

Some Items from My Collection:

1916 Harvard Yale Football Program
 

Some Items from My Collection:

Older Baseball Schedules
 

Some Items from My Collection:

1937 MSG Wrestling Program
 

Some Items from My Collection:

Programs Schedules
 

A nice pocket mirror Schedule for the 1910 Athletics+Phillies:D

Score Cards
 

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Very cool program. I have a large vintage poster of the cover image. I'll try and post a photo

Max

Great programs, Jerrys.

That'll certainly close the book on David's question on when those Falk photos were taken.

Sorry - one more comment on Jerrys programs (and my 1904 Old Timers program).

I'm always amazed when I see Mathewson's last name spelled incorrectly.

In fact, on the 1904 program, his name is spelled as Christie Matthewson. Doubly wrong.

This is also the case in my Sporting Life schedules.

I can understand a misrepresentation of "Tesreau", for example, but Christy's name was everywhere - how could it go to print like that and not be edited beforehand?

Maybe someone out there has the answer?

Max, Please post, I would love to see it.

Jeff

Jeff, that Harvard/Yale program is absolutely gorgeous. You can't beat Leyendecker - no two ways about it. Now THAT'S an artist!

Thanks for posting it...

Hmm. I posted it here before, but I see that I used the ebay auction listing, which has now been removed. I'll have to take another photo of it. It's quite large--I would think about 24 x 30 or bigger.

On the ebay listing, the artist was described as "Heyendecker", so perhaps the poster did not find its true ending price (at least by my snipe)

Max

Thanks Graig...I have seen your work, which is pretty impressive as well.

Jeff

No worries Max..if it is too much of a pain don't bother.

Jeff

June 2, 1957 Giants Bucs scorecard
 

I kept score (hey, I was 15; Grantland Rice was busy): The Giants scored two, on solo homers by HOFers Schoendienst and Mays, while the Bucs three came on a 3 run homer by another HOFer ...
And I got an autograph:

No pain, but here's Leyendecker

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2716/...28fcd36e_b.jpg

Thanks Max..it is awesome.

Leyendecker
 

Beautiful stuff guys. Max, I love the Leyendecker print- I was the underbidder at the time you bought, and everytime I see it, I wish I had gone a little higher :)

By the way, this photo was on ebay about a week ago, and while I didn't win it, I thought I would share. It is a circa 1910 Cornell dorm shot, and you can see a different Leyendecker poster hanging in the background.

http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...gskin/10aa.jpg

A scorecard from Maris' 61st...
 

and one from the World Series that started just a few days after Roger broke the Bambino's record.

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Posted these rare Rhode Island Schedules a while back...


1905 Providence Grays Scorebook and Schedule
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1910 Providence Grays Celluloid Scorer and Schedule
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1916 Celluloid Boston Braves and Americans Schedule
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Some Sox Scorecards most of you have seen way back when...

1904
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1905
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1907
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1908
<a href="http://s189.photobucket.com/albums/z192/HiNeighbor_2007/?action=view&current=1909.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z192/HiNeighbor_2007/1909.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
1914
<a href="http://s189.photobucket.com/albums/z192/HiNeighbor_2007/?action=view&current=1914.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z192/HiNeighbor_2007/1914.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

Couple more...

1915 WS
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1916
<a href="http://s189.photobucket.com/albums/z192/HiNeighbor_2007/?action=view&current=1916.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z192/HiNeighbor_2007/1916.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

1943 War Bond Game...
 

Scorecard and corresponding vintage TYPE I photograph.

Attachment 12264Attachment 12265

Attachment 12266

1960 world series
 

About 4 months away from being filled with 1960 Pirate signatures.

1911 World Series Program at NY

score cards
 

1942 Yanks vs Boston Lou.

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...c/yanks001.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...c/yanks002.jpg

1963 Pirates vs Reds
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...orecard001.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...orecard002.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...orecard003.jpg
1924 Pirates vs Boston
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...pirates001.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...pirates003.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...pirates002.jpg

I've always thought the wartime programs were absolutely beautiful...are there others in the same style?

http://s915.photobucket.com/albums/a...SSCORECARD.jpghttp://s915.photobucket.com/albums/a...XSCORECARD.jpghttp://s915.photobucket.com/albums/a...SSCORECARD.jpghttp://s915.photobucket.com/albums/a...SSCORECARD.jpg

Just another superb piece from Jacksons Collection...
 

Incredible program Jacksons! Is it scored?

Agreed, Rick. Bold and beautiful!

Jimmy -

No - unscored. Pages and cover all intact, but there is some excessive spine wear.

Here's some cleaner images.

I know you are an artist Graig but come on man....
 

These are awesome and old.."like sands through the hour glass..these are the days of our lives"...

Haha...just kidding bro! :)

Hey man, any show with Vanessa Marcil would have me glued to the chair. Oh wait, she was on 'General Hospital'. And why do I know that???

!!

I gotta say though, there's something about the wartime programs that I absolutely love, especially from the 1942 Fall Classic. And that's even though the 'kid' in the illustration looks like a dwarf to me (look at the knees!!). Either way, very Rockwellian. And that's never a bad thing.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1..._WS_prog_2.jpg

1950's Manufacturers Hanover Schedule booklets for all three NY teams.
Willard Mullin cover art.

Those color images are just fabulous, Richard. I never get tired of seeing Mullin's artwork, and those are great examples.

Connie Mack manager
http://home.roadrunner.com/~jevintage/page1.jpg

1884 Brooklyn Atlantics Score card
 

From their first game in Washington Park as a member of the American Association. From the Henry Chadwick Estate.

1905 Boston Schedule
 

Here is a 1905 Boston schedule for two teams. Amazing how this little pocket sized item is put together in such great detail! Not something I readily collect-- but just an all around great baseball collectible.

New England League & Maine Baseball Hall Of Fame Programs/Scorecards
 

1926 Portland Eskimoes, 1928 Portland Mariners, 1946 Fall River Indians,
1947 Providence Chiefs, 1947 Portland Pilots, 1948 Lynn Red Sox, 1981 Maine Baseball HOF, 1989 Maine Baseball HOF

http://photos.imageevent.com/ajbaxte...icons/1926.jpghttp://photos.imageevent.com/ajbaxte...icons/1928.jpghttp://photos.imageevent.com/ajbaxte...946Indians.jpghttp://photos.imageevent.com/ajbaxte...1947Chiefs.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/ajbaxte.../portland1.jpghttp://photos.imageevent.com/ajbaxte...s/1948Lynn.jpghttp://photos.imageevent.com/ajbaxte...MaineBBHOF.jpghttp://photos.imageevent.com/ajbaxte...MaineBBHOF.jpg

This is my first post on the board...not a collector, but just a childhood treasure..
 

Of course, it's Canadian, so that might not be of too much interest to many of you!;)

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Kodi, you are not the only Canadian on the boards. We're EVERYWHERE! Cool program BTW!

Amazing collections here. Especially the old Beantown stuff.

Kodi, I found a photo from that season,
http://ayearinthepark.typepad.com/pr...land_203_2.jpg

And, a postcard from one of their early season games.

You guys are breaking me up....
 

:)

1871 Peck and Snyder Mutuals vs Athletics scorecard.

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I'll play. Here's a 1933 Toronto Senior Amateur Program

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2789/...b20aedb2_b.jpg

Max

Nice program, Max!

Did you notice how detailed the times etc. are on the piece? We take great care to make things easy for people, (besides always being polite!). :D

Torn inner page... Gonna need a clever idea for a gentle fix.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...evewins2-0.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...20CIroster.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...0CWSroster.jpg

Here are my only two programs. I 'personally' did the work getting the autographs on the Blue Jays spring training program when I was 14 vacationing in Florida in '91.