1939 Chicago Cubs w Bob Hope Snapshots

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RKO "movie"(?) with Bob Hope - in Cubs uniform - and Jerry Colonna - costumed as Casey from "Casey at the Bat".

RKO patch on Colonna's shirt same as one seen on Charlie McCarthy (last image in post)

Hope and Colonna's appearance was in February 1939 (as handwritten on snapshots), but the location isn't noted; Bergen/McCarthy's
RKO visit to the Cubs took place at Spring Training ballpark on Catalina Island:

"...On this day in 1939, the Cubs arrived at their Spring Training facility on Catalina Island in California. They were the defending National League champions. During the time the Cubs
trained in California, in the years before a big league team had moved out west, the Cubs were the toast of Hollywood.

Every year they were sure to get a visit from one big movie or radio star. In spring training of 1939, their visitor was the biggest dummy in America, Charlie McCarthy, along with
his ventriloquist Edgar Bergen..." Link: http://www.justonebadcentury.com/tod...hdays-march-3/

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