Embossed Postcards Players Identified.
 

Maybe this is old news for some but until now I never knew the identity of the players on these embossed postcards from the 1910s. Includes an image of a Hall of Famer!

The first image is George Winter, Red Sox, 1901 -1908

I bought and sold a bunch of those and never knew that .

Great id, I didn't know who they were either

Joe

Very cool - thanks for sharing!!

Is there a Joe Jackson?:)

Great to know! Thanks so much Jim.

Good detective work Jim!

I've actually had a few of these in my hands at flea markets and didn't buy them because I didn't know their time frame or who the player was. Guess we do now.

Thanks for posting

Jantz

Interesting that they changed the angle of Oliver Pickering's bat -- probably to make it more prominent.

Greg

Mystery solved! Thanks for sharing, Jim. Very cool.

ID
 

I love your detective work!!!
many thanks
all the best,
barry

Just curious, do you think they all came from the same photographic source? Same year? Is there any list of how many were made for a complete set?

Jim - Thanks for the information!!!

There are six in the set. Here are the other three. Can anyone ID these?

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Answering my own post. Thought the first one looked familiar. There's a Red Belt with the same image (of Jimmy Collins). Robert S. identified the Red Belt PCs a while back: http://www.vintageball.com/RedBelt.html

The card depicting two players with one sliding is the same image as the Morgan "Red Belt" series card, that one is obvious that it depicts HOFer Jimmy Collins.

I'd love to know the identity of the player on this one...I have obtained a few of these cards stamped with Gagnier SS Lincoln...I'm assuming that Ed Gagnier bought up a bunch of these embossed cards and had them stamped so he could give them out.

<a href="http://s22.photobucket.com/user/nudan92/media/1878-1946%20Lincoln%20Baseball/q1_zpse3d4f9b6.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b331/nudan92/1878-1946%20Lincoln%20Baseball/q1_zpse3d4f9b6.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo q1_zpse3d4f9b6.jpg"/></a> <a href="http://s22.photobucket.com/user/nudan92/media/1878-1946%20Lincoln%20Baseball/1908gagnier.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b331/nudan92/1878-1946%20Lincoln%20Baseball/1908gagnier.jpg" border="0" alt="1908 Ed Gagnier PC photo 1908gagnier.jpg"/></a>

Great stuff everybody! I was looking closer at the batter and catcher PC and noticed a "N Y" across the chest of the batter. Either Highlanders or '05 Giants? Interesting how all of the other cards in the set have been made generic with no insignia or other identifying details, except for this one. I found a photo from '08 Hilltop Park that has some similarities, but may be stretch.

Hey Jim/others,

I had the complete set of 1907 Morgan Stationary color postcards & a number of the embossed cards.

The Jimmy Collins Morgan Stationary photo shows him making a play at 2nd base but he is not wearing baseball spikes, he is actually wearing street shoes!

Look at the color postcard in this thread...

Paul

https://www.vintageball.com/RedBelt.html
I think this is the link you meant to post.

I believe all of the other postcards in the set have been identified. The Batter and Catcher is the only one left. If any one recognizes the photo, setting, etc. please jump in. I included a 1908 Hilltop photo (knowing that it is NOT the same, but very similar in idea) with the "N Y" on the batters uniform. Probably a stretch since the issue is cataloged as 1906, assuming 1905 photos. Hopefully, this is a starting point to ID the last postcard in the set.

Late response but I never knew that. Very cool info in this thread.

Catcher batter embossed PC
 

The batter bears a striking resemblance to Red Murray. He had an unusual batting stance as well. Note the unusual position of the rear leg in both the PC and this photo.

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/n...hoto/516510416



Patrick

Red Murray & PC792?
 

Did anyone ever ID the Batter & Catcher card? Looking at Red Murray's Turkey Red, I think we're on the right track...

Reviving this thread to throw this into the mix:

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/F-IAA...T/s-l1600.webp

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/V7kAA...y/s-l1600.webp

Anyone else seen one like this, with a player name added, or is this a franken-card?

Wow, cool thread. I missed this 10 years ago. That's one reason I wasn't a big fan of those post cards. Now, I'm rethinking that. Pretty neat.

Picked up these four at the near turning of the year from a fellow board member. I really like the ghostly backside impressions just as much as the fronts.

According to a post on this thread, supposedly 5 of the 6 in the set have been identified. Has the identity of the top left player in my scan been 'officially' identified?

Brian

Definitely Winter, based on a 1904 Conlon photo. I have not seen the Cicotte attribution, but it is obviously not him as shown in the link below.

https://chapmandeadballcollection.co...e-winter-1904/

Boss Schmidt
 

Well, we at least know this card is not Boss Schmidt. But his sister thought it resembled him :)

"To be a compliment would be to say this favors you." - Rose Schmidt

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From one of our auctions a while back, sorry if this one was already posted.

https://thecollectorconnection.com/i...85_1_62958.jpg

PC792 Embossed PC's -Maker Identified!
 

Was doing some research this morning on bb postcards and am happy to say I think i can bring some new information to the hobby about the set discussed in this thread.

I didn't see this article by Anson Whaley from 2022 but I want to add it.
You'll see Anson has captured a lot of great information about the set:

https://prewarcards.com/2022/06/02/p...all-of-famers/

One of the things he says is: "We also do not know the makers of this set. A bald eagle stamp appears on the reverse of each postcard but no specific name or company is printed on either side."

Today we can say that the maker of this set of 6 Post Cards is The Illustrated Postal Card Company. Please see the information below:

The article and ad are from the Jan 4, 1906 Geyer's Stationer. The info on the postcard company is from this site in the link just below.

Added a pic of a couple of these postcards I used to own, just for flavor -

Hope this information makes a few collectors go, "oh, cool."

:)
peter

http://sentfromthepastpostcards.com/...ostal-card-co/

Incredible research, Peter!

I can't believe some of the obscure things you've been able to uncover. And this one is no exception. Now I need to pick up a few of these... gorgeous images, especially for the price.

Great stuff! :D

I've been going crazy trying to identify the photos used for a couple of the unidentified ones. I don't know if this info will help but it's cool nonetheless!

"oh, cool."

Ha. I hear you Scott, that's the real fun thing to find out. I haven't dug into that. Eta: Thanks Mark and Pro9!

Always special when someone is able to connect the dots with a little research. Thanks Peter for adding to the pool of knowledge that is getting deep enough to dive into head first.

Brian