4/30 Today In History - Lou Gehrig show 'em
 

Posted By: <b>Todd</b><p>1939 At Yankee Stadium, Lou Gehrig's streak and career comes to end as the 'Iron Horse' plays his final game going 0-for-4 against the Senators. The Yankees first baseman played in 2,130 consecutive games and compiled a .340 batting average with 490 home runs during his 17 seasons with the Yankees. <br><br><br><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1241104484.JPG" alt="[linked image]">

4/30 Today In History - Lou Gehrig show 'em
 

Posted By: <b>JohnnyH</b><p>One of the saddest days in baseball history.<br><br>[IMG]<img src="http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u284/JOHNNYHARMONICA/001-20.jpg" alt="[linked image]">[/IMG]<br><br>[IMG]<img src="http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u284/JOHNNYHARMONICA/002-3.jpg" alt="[linked image]">[/IMG]

4/30 Today In History - Lou Gehrig show 'em
 

Posted By: <b>Dave</b><p><img src="http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o318/davegeorge76/New%20York%20Yankees%20Hall%20Of%20Fame/1928HarringtonsGehrig.jpg" alt="[linked image]"><br><br><img src="http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o318/davegeorge76/New%20York%20Yankees%20Hall%20Of%20Fame/1933GoudeyGehrig.jpg" alt="[linked image]">

4/30 Today In History - Lou Gehrig show 'em
 

Posted By: <b>MikePugeda</b><p>The first Gehrig card I purchased:<br><br><img src="http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr248/docpatadc/1934R320Gehrig.jpg" alt="[linked image]"><br><br>Some others...<br><br><img src="http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr248/docpatadc/Gehrig1930s.jpg" alt="[linked image]"> <img src="http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr248/docpatadc/1929SNRBGehrigRuth.jpg" alt="[linked image]"><br><img src="http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr248/docpatadc/1948R346Gehrig.jpg" alt="[linked image]"> <img src="http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr248/docpatadc/1930PR4Gehrig.jpg" alt="[linked image]"> <img src="http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr248/docpatadc/1938PM8Gehrig.jpg" alt="[linked image]"><br>

4/30 Today In History - Lou Gehrig show 'em
 

Posted By: <b>David McDonald</b><p><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/bbbofsfirstclass/holygrailcards/websize/1917%20BS%20Wally%20Pipp.jpg" alt="[linked image]"><br><br><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/bbbofsfirstclass/holygrailcards/websize/qu34%20Goudey%20Gehrig%20_autographed-pen_.jpg" alt="[linked image]"><br><br><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_o_ka_pakipika/bbbofsfirstclass/1941playball/websize/52%20Dahlgren.jpg" alt="[linked image]">

4/30 Today In History - Lou Gehrig show 'em
 

Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>What a great ballplayer and greater human being!!<br><br> <br><br><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1241110224.JPG" alt="[linked image]">

A few Gehrig pieces:

Government postcard, 1937:

<img src="http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j245/datkatz/gehrigPC.jpg" alt="[linked image]">

Signed photo, taken before his 2000th consecutive game:

<img src="http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j245/datkatz/gehrigISP.jpg" alt="[linked image]">

Ticket to Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day. July 4, 1939:

<img src="http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j245/datkatz/gehrig_day_tkt.jpg" alt="[linked image]">

1939 World Series program, signed on inside page:

<img src="http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j245/datkatz/1939WSprog-1.jpg" alt="[linked image]">

Postcard mailed July 12, 1940, bearing rubber-stamped signature (Gehrig could no longer write):

<img src="http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j245/datkatz/gehrig1940stamppc.jpg" alt="[linked image]">

Another Gehrig....
 

Another Gehrig....

Sweet Lou
 

Here's a picture from one of Lou's last games in 39 against the Tribe....

Be well Brian


http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q...6g/1706974.jpg

Overland
 

test on posting a scan....I guess I will have to figure this out too :D

Looks good to me :D

Just a note to all, even though your uploaded pictures show as thumbnails, when someone clicks on them they get to see the whole thing. It just lightens up the server load quite a bit to do it this way.

Columbia Football Program from 1922 featuring the Iron Horse...

<img src="http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg184/IronHorse2130/Baseball%20BST/GehrigCU1.jpg" alt="[linked image]">

<img src="http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg184/IronHorse2130/Baseball%20BST/GehrigCU2.jpg" alt="[linked image]">

<img src="http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg184/IronHorse2130/Baseball%20BST/GehrigCU3.jpg" alt="[linked image]">

<img src="http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg184/IronHorse2130/Baseball%20BST/GehrigCU4.jpg" alt="[linked image]">

us caramel
 

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Here's one of his two Rookie Cards along with the 1925 Exhibit............

Test posting scan....
 

heres one....

Took a couple of days to dig these out.

Tickets to Gehrig's last World Series Game.

<a href="http://s206.photobucket.com/albums/bb189/jvb6034/?action=view&current=1938WorldSeriesstubs.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb189/jvb6034/1938WorldSeriesstubs.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

Excellent stuff Jim VB