Cabinet Photos

[LincolnVT]

I would love to see other people's baseball cabinet photos if folks have them to share. Lots of interesting images out there I am sure.

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by LincolnVT

I would love to see other people's baseball cabinet photos if folks have them to share. Lots of interesting images out there I am sure.

Try the pre-war board.

[LincolnVT]

My mistake. Hopefully Leon can move this over to the pre-war board.

[paul]

Here's my recently acquired Joseph Hall cabinet of Amos Rusie. I'm thrilled to have it.

[h2oya311]

also my avatar. HOFer Hughie Jennings:



and Paul, that cabinet of Rusie is simply spectacular! Hoping to see more cabs from other members!

[Rhotchkiss]

Derek, that Jennings is awesome. He is so young

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by paul

Here's my recently acquired Joseph Hall cabinet of Amos Rusie. I'm thrilled to have it.

very nice card and great eye appeal

Congrats on it

[triwak]

Some HOFers

[paul]

I did not realize there were any cabinets of Henry Chadwick.

[GeoPoto]

Washington? Detroit? What's the difference?

William P. "Bill" Coughlin. "Scranton Bill". "Rowdy Bill". Third baseman with the Washington Nationals in 1899 (NL) and Senators in 1901-1904 (AL). 972 hits and 159 stolen bases in 9 MLB seasons. He was known as a master of the hidden-ball trick. He was a key figure on the Detroit Tiger team that won AL pennants in 1907 and 1908. But, his most productive season was 1902 with Washington as he posted an OBP of .348 with 84 runs scored and 71 RBI's in 506 plate appearances. His final seasons were with Detroit in 1904-1908.

The Detroit Tigers teams of 1906–1908, on which Coughlin played, were among the most colorful groups in baseball history, with the flying spikes of Ty Cobb, on-field antics from Germany Schaefer and Charley O'Leary (who toured as a vaudeville act in the off-season), fisticuffs from catcher Boss Schmidt, and the shouts, gyrations, and jigs of Hughie "Ee-Yah" Jennings from the third base coaching box.

Coughlin's role in this colorful bunch was as the maestro of the hidden ball trick. The hidden ball trick is a play in which the runner is deceived about the location of the ball, in an effort to tag him out. Although no known comprehensive list is known to exist of all times when the hidden ball trick has worked, Coughlin reportedly pulled it off seven times (and at three different positions) -- more than any other player in MLB history. He pulled it off on May 12, 1905, against Hobe Ferris of the Boston Red Sox. He did it again on September 3, 1906, catching George Stone in the first inning. In Game 2 of the 1907 World Series, Coughlin caught Jimmy Slagle with a hidden ball trick, the only one in World Series history.

https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1637615088

[sb1]

Might at well post the Detroit version...

Also a 1903 Spring Training photo of Emmet Heidrick with the St. Louis Browns, who only appears on very few issues...

[Vintagecatcher]

Here is my T4 Obak Cabinet of Claude Berry.

In addition, I have been able to acquire 4 cabinets that originated from Claude Berry's estate. One which was used as the basis for his 1912 Home Run Kisses card.

Patrick

[molenick]

Adding Ward to the Hall of Famers.

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by paul

Here's my recently acquired Joseph Hall cabinet of Amos Rusie. I'm thrilled to have it.

Most of these fellows look like the era they are from. This Amos Rusie is different. He looks like he could have been photographed 5 minutes ago.

[RCMcKenzie]

Nice cards, all. That framed Berry of his HRK card is large.


Here's Bill Annis, not a HOFer unless he is in the Maine HOF or something like that. A .177 lifetime average in the Majors, he would start right away in today's MLB.

[LincolnVT]

That Ward is amazing!!

[x2drich2000]

I've really starting appreciating cabinets for their great eye appeal, even generic, no-name players. I know I've shown this before. I believe it is Fred Rehse who pitched 2 games for the Millers in 1888 going 1-1. Despite such a short career, he somehow managed to have 6? different N172 poses. If anyone has any of the other poses I would be interested.

[Kzoo]

I don't think this fella is anyone special, but I love the pose and photographer info at the bottom. I bought this at the Baltimore National in 2012 (?), I believe.

[molenick]

Love that one (and "generic" cabinets in general). I will look through my collection later for some poses I particularly like.

[Jobu]

Here's a cool Cobb and Barney Oldfield used to make the Silent Six postcards that is at REA:

https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...e?itemid=95136

[Jobu]

I like production art and was happy to get this one of Walter Johnson's million-dollar arm (if you know the publication where this was used I'd love to see it!).

[bn2cardz]

The studio and corresponding N173

[molenick]

Action pose 1.

[bn2cardz]

Studio and corresponding t204

[molenick]

Action pose 2.

[Jobu]

Nice! I'll add the full Monte (and toss in a Fan Craze too).

Monte Cross Carl Horner a.jpg

E107 Cross c comp.jpg

Fan Craze Monte Cross c comp.jpg

Originally Posted by bn2cardz

Studio and corresponding t204

[G1911]

Love these action poses of generic players. Great stuff

[LincolnVT]

+1...SO, very cool!

Originally Posted by G1911

Love these action poses of generic players. Great stuff

[h2oya311]

I’ll add this Hugh Duffy to the mix:



Will need to add the matching N172 and N173 of this pose some day…but for now, this’ll do!

[Fred]

Some pretty nice cabinets so far.


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[GeoPoto]

[QUOTE=Jobu;2167123]Nice! I'll add the full Monte (and toss in a Fan Craze too).

(Sorry, no cabinet, but) This Cross played with Monte, although they are not related -- his Cross family had better hair!

Lafayette N. "Lave" Cross. Third baseman/catcher with the Washington Senators in 1906-1907. 2,651 hits, 47 home runs, and 303 stolen bases in 21 MLB seasons. He debuted with the Louisville Colonels in 1887-1888. In 1894 with the Philadelphia Phillies he had one of his most productive seasons as he posted a .424 OBP with 128 runs scored and 132 RBI's in 593 plate appearances. At retirement in 1907, he ranked fifth in MLB history in hits and runs batted in. He captained the Philadelphia Athletics teams which captured two of the first five AL pennants.

An excerpt from Lave Cross' SABR biography surfaces his role in fixing position player glove options: Yet nothing distinguished Cross, as he transitioned to third base, more than the catcher’s mitt he brought with him. A moment from a July 7 (1894) match at Pittsburgh is illustrative: “Cross saw [a liner off the bat of Jake Stenzel] coming and threw up his hand, which was protected by a catcher’s glove. The ball struck the pillow with so much force that Cross was knocked down, but he recovered himself in time to throw [Jake] Beckley out at second.” Cross was not the only repositioned catcher using a mitt in the infield — Boston’s Frank Connaughton and Pittsburgh’s Joe Sugden did as well — but he was easily the most prominent.

Critics called this usage “unscientific and unsightly.” NL magnates met in February 1895 and modified existing rules to permit catchers and first basemen to “wear a glove or mitt of any size, shape or weight” yet other players were “restricted to the use of a glove or mitt weighing not over ten ounces, and measuring in circumference around the palm of the hand not over fourteen inches.” Cross found a mitt within these specifications and continued to comfortably snag flies and knock down liners.

https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1637671827

[GeoPoto]

Back to Cabinets -- Al Orth

Albert L. "Al" Orth. Pitcher with the Washington Senators in 1902-1904. 204 wins and 6 saves in 15 MLB seasons. He was the MLB wins leader in 1906. He was known as "The Curveless Wonder" relying on control and differing speed. His best season may have been 1901 with Philadelphia as he posted a 20-12 record with a 2.27 ERA in 281.2 innings pitched.

He umpired when necessary as a player and in one game umpired and pinch-hit in the same game. He debuted with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1895-1901. He finished his career with the New York Highlanders in 1904-1909. He debuted as an umpire in the NL in 1912 and in 1917 was the umpire when Toney and Vaughn each pitched 9 innings of no-hit baseball, the only time it has happened.

Orth was an early example of the art of "pitching to contact". From Orth's SABR biography: A typical Al Orth pitch was once described in a poem by W.A. Phelon as a “glistening ball… but little speed, and scarce a curve at all.” During his 15-year major league career, “The Curveless Wonder” won 204 games, yet struck out just 948 batters in more than 3,300 innings pitched. The burly six foot, 200-pound right-hander threw with a seemingly-effortless delivery, and relied on pinpoint control to overcome batters. “To the spectators Orth pitched a ball that it seemed must be easy to hit,” J.E. Wray observed in 1928, “yet year after year he kept on ‘fooling’ the batsmen.”

Though some reports indicate he had a good fastball early in his career, and once even tinkered with a curve, by the late 1890s his success on the mound was the result of his “slow ball.” During the Deadball Era, Fred Lieb later related, Osee Schrecongost of the Philadelphia Athletics once caught one of Orth’s pitches barehanded while batting against him. Nonetheless, Orth remained an effective pitcher during the early years of the new century, and posted career highs in wins (27) and strikeouts (133) for the New York Highlanders in 1906.

https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1637672553

[Directly]

Small Iowa town Baseball team 150 miles south of Field of Dreams--the Acrobats.

[molenick]

Love the Acrobats. Here's another generic.

[Rhotchkiss]

Here are a couple mounted photos, which I guess could have been displayed like cabinets. The Jack Johnson is not baseball, but the OP did not limit to baseball and its pre war (any war after Civil War)

[molenick]

According to the back of the card, this is the Golden Baseball Team.

[scooter729]

I've always liked this simple one - from 1911, outside of Boston's Huntington Ave. Grounds. A billboard advertising Turkish Trophies can be seen in the background too....

[LincolnVT]

This is currently my only cabinet. 12" by 14"...1908 Greenville Spinners team featuring Joe Jackson. I really like the cabinet photos that people have shared of unidentified players...I especially like the cabinets that have buildings and or trees / vegitation in the background. Very cool early images all.

[jcmtiger]

My 2 Detroit Tomlinson Cabinets. If anyone has any of these Detroit Tomlinsons for sale pm me thanks joe

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by molenick

According to the back of the card, this is the Golden Baseball Team.

Really like the pose of this picture

[molenick]

Thank you. Here is a dapper young man.

[LincolnVT]

So cool. Looks like he is pearched in a bird nest.

[soxinseven]

I chased this one for years before finally acquiring it.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Jobu

I like production art and was happy to get this one of Walter Johnson's million-dollar arm (if you know the publication where this was used I'd love to see it!).

No idea where that particular image was published, Bryan, but the arm shot looks very similar to the horizontal WaJo M113. And that photo was also used in a BB Magazine article or two, but I don't have the specific issues.

[Pat R]

Originally Posted by Jobu

I like production art and was happy to get this one of Walter Johnson's million-dollar arm (if you know the publication where this was used I'd love to see it!).

Bryan, is it possible that it originally could have been used for an ad for Martin's Liniment?

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[sb1]

Took the time to scan a group of White Sox players circa 1905/06. Walsh, Hahn, Donahue, Altrock and Patterson.

[MVSNYC]

What a kick-ass thread! I don't own any cabinets, but certainly appreciate them.

So many great ones posted already, but my favorite might just be Ryan's Jack Johnson. So cool.

[GaryPassamonte]

Also my avatar. Maybe someone can enlarge my scan.

[Bicem]

Awesome Scott, have never seen those before.

Outstanding piece Gary.

[esd10]

Not much value but comes with a letter from the hall of fame wanting this cabinet photo of the 1911 philadelphia athletics with the president.