[ChrisGalbreath]

I want to personally invite all Net54 members who will be attending the National to come and view The Sporting News collection. The John Rogers archive will be showcasing its latest aquisition of over 300,000 (yes, 300,000) pre 1960 baseball photographs from the Sporting News Archive.

The archive consists of not just photographs. Handwritten letters from pre war players, cabinet photos, original artwork featuring 100's of Hall of Famers, original Charles Conlon photography, etc. will be on hand. For anyone on a limited budget, we have photos priced as low as 5.00 each. My favorite part of the archive has to be the original Charles Conlon glass plate negatives. Select images from the glass plates will be on display including the first image Conlon ever took, the 1904 Christy Mathewson portrait.

Come by and say hello and dig through the photos...yes, we allow you to touch! Besides major league baseball, 1,000's of minor league and semi pro pre war images will be available from every small town imaginable.. For you non baseball collectors, we will have some football, basketball, hockey, and boxing as well. We look forward to unveiling The Sporting News Collection and hope everyone will come by and say "hello".

Booth number 2559 is one of our 8 booths that will house The Sporting News

Thank you in advance!