This seems like a good place to post a recent related pickup of mine (with a big assist to Scott G. for finding it).
It's a circa 1906 Letter from Fred Ratsch to Tip O'Neill, congratulating the "Hitless Wonder" White Sox for their Championship Season, and offering the team a Pennant to commemorate the event. Ratsch has ornately signed the letter at the bottom.
This is similar to the great Harwood pieces above, in that Ratsch Peerless was a key Sporting Goods Company of the day, perhaps most famous for manufacturing the unique "Duckweb" Glove.
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