1907 Canton BB Team Postcard - Rube Marquard?
 

I am wondering if anyone can spot Rube Marquard in this team photo? I do not believe that he is pictured........

I don't have the answer but can attest to the fact the seller is very good. I will be quite surprised if he made a mistake. Just email him and ask him....though he might read this thread and email or PM you anyway, as he is a board member. regards

Leon:

I know where you are coming from, I have bought several from him in the past but had to do my own research. His standard response on these is that he was able to identify the player when he bought the item but will leave it up to potential bidders/buyers to do so on their own.

The 1907 Canton team that Marquard played for was the Canton Chinamen and not Canton Grays.

(If, however, this is the correct team Marquard is the player at the far right, squatting, and wearing a dark jersey.)

Hmmm...
 

Hi Steve,

I think the guy squatting has a catcher's mitt.

BTW, here's another 1907 Canton postcard that I'm pretty sure has Rube (I think he's 5th from left in back row):

http://www.vintageball.com/1907_Canton_PC.jpg

Robert S

Hi Rob:

My screen is so small I missed the mitt.

You are certainly correct with the PC you posted. Rube was tall, some 6'3" and the facial features are spot on.

The Mitt
 

Let's just say the mitt in the first PC was "strategically located."

What are a bunch of grown men doing blowing up 100 year old pictures and scouring them thusly.

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You are absolutely correct on the postcard that you posted, Robert. I'm quite certain that Marquard does not appear on the other though. My guess is that it is not even the same Canton team pictured in the first postcard as the second. The "Canton" is in longer, thinner letters on the top postcard and more square, block letters on the second.

1907 Canton PC
 

thanks for the input guys....very good info. Probably saved me (and/or Phil) some dough.

Canton postcard / Marquard
 

For those keeping track, another example of the 1907 Canton postcard has surfaced. There's no doubt it was issued in 1907 because it bears a 1907 postmark. See the E section of the BST for the images I just posted. http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...28#post1335828

I don't collect postcards so this may be a dumb question. Why is that postcard postmarked if it doesn't have a stamp or address it is being mailed to?

Love the backward "S" in the caption..........

marquard rookie postcard
 

We won't know for sure, but it's a great question. My best guess is that someone known to the local post office mistakenly gave it for mailing unaddresed and unstamped and it was handed back or returned with their mail. Or perhaps the post office was testing out the equipment. You can see there was never a stamp affixed because the cancel extends into the stamp box.