OT: What the heck. Let's see some photos.

[Brian Van Horn]

Let's see them:

[rats60]

[edjs]

Here's some. I hope we are not saying who they are, it makes it more fun trying to figure some of them out.

[edjs]

Originally Posted by edjs

Here's some. I hope we are not saying who they are, it makes it more fun trying to figure some of them out.

One of these days I will remember to re-scan that picture without the hair on the scanner, lol.

[jb217676]

Photos are cool!

[Snapolit1]

Put up some decent numbers.

[bobbvc]

Originally Posted by rats60

Love this Wagner photo. He looks a little like the Pirate logo here.

[bn2cardz]

[edjs]

Here are a few more.

[JustinD]

Love that Robinson photo Brian!

[packs]

Here's the moment Joe D hit safely in his 56th consecutive game:



Ted Williams outside of Fenway Park in 1947



A young Sandy Koufax the day he signed his Dodgers contract:

[Jobu]

1933 Yankees at Spring Training. This was Pete Jablonowski's (aka Pete Appleton) copy.

[pherbener]

1929 Spring training

[MikeGarcia]

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[Kawika]

Some favorites. Might have gotten a bit carried away . . .

Fans (when?, where?)


1904 New York Giants (Matty is off taking a leak behind the fence)


Babe Magnet Ruth - "Fancy Curves"


Ty Cobb and Fans 1922


Mel Ott on the occasion of his first big league game, 1927


1928 San Francisco Seals (modern print from original glass negative)


World Series Umpires, 1928


Prince Oana letting one fly, "Aratani" team 1920s


Honolulu Braves (semi-pro?, beer league?, when?) in the dugout


Honolulu Stadium "The Termite Palace" - torn down in the seventies. Drove past the site every day and always wished it were still there.


Bennie Bengough and Annies, spring training 1920s (small snapshot)


Yankee Stadium, 1941 World Series (ground zero for the best boyhood memories)


Purdue fullback Bill Skowron


"Yer Out!!" - got your umpire, got your play at the plate, a field photog, even got a cop in the background


Ted Williams and Little Leaguers, 1952


Ol' Casey 1957

My son with Tommy Lasorda in 2005 during Spring Training and a recent picture at Martinsville, VA my son is on the left, front tire carrier for the team

[bn2cardz]

[MikeGarcia]

...only the bottom half qualifies for this thread ; it's obviously post-war but not by that much .....Is that Fenway ?

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[Den*nis O*Brien]

...and Kramer's Hat's. Bennie Huffman played for the Harrisonville Turks in the 1930's. Please note the dead pigs and buckets of lard behind the Dold team.

[obcbobd]

and a picture of the wall

[jerseygary]

Honolulu Braves (semi-pro?, beer league?, when?) in the dugout


The Honolulu Braves were a firs-class semi-pro outfit in the late 20's-early 30's. The big guy "manspreading" is Sig Jakucki, one of the aces of the 1944 Browns. At the time this picture was taken he was either a serving US Army soldier or had just been discharged. A local baseball promoter, who I assume owned the Honolulu Braves, bought Jakucki's early release from the Army so he could play with the team. Sig was the team's most popular and talented player at the time, and the local fans all chipped in to buy him a steamship ticket back to the mainland where he was offered an Oakland Oaks tryout.

I wrote about Jakucki in my book The League of Outsider Baseball - he was a wild man and one of baseball's most interesting characters!.

If you ever want to sell this picture, please let me know, I like these obscure teams and players.

[gracecollector]

[Den*nis O*Brien]

.......and Voland Furniture with the great Fred Domke could revitalize this thread. There must be hundreds of this type of pedestrian mounted photos in Net54 members closets and drawers. But maybe not much interest.

[Aaron Seefeldt]

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[Bpm0014]

That Ty Cobb! Wow!!

[Bpm0014]

My 5-6 favorites. Ty and the Mick...

[Bpm0014]

1909 Tommie Leach

[Bpm0014]

Old Timers game with Ruth, Wagner, Walter Johnson etc.

[Bpm0014]

Waner Bros. before getting swept in the 1927 World Series

[Bpm0014]

Christy Mathewson

[Bpm0014]

Early 1900s Roger Bresnahan

[DixieBaseball]

Southern...

[Piratedogcardshows]

Originally Posted by DixieBaseball

Southern...

Outstanding piece J. Is that a type photo or a RPPC?

[Bicem]

One of my favorite shots of Ruth...

[DixieBaseball]

Originally Posted by Jason

Outstanding piece J. Is that a type photo or a RPPC?

Type photo... Jason - Apologies for the late reply!

[Section103]

Since we had an Auburn photo...

[MikeGarcia]

....these two are oddly quite photogenic but each in their own way.....I'd love to hoist a brew with Rajah ; I'd be careful about what I'd say to Moe Berg , sitting at a sidewalk cafe in Vienna or Tangiers...

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[edjs]

One of the more interesting than anything else photos I bought. 1905 Archer Electric Literary and Athletic Club. This thing is huge, no way to scan it all in one piece, except going and paying someone with a giant scanner to do it (which it is not worth the price to have done). I just think it is an interesting piece, not that there is anyone special in it (not that I can see anyway, there are a lot of dudes in the "literary" part of this).

[pete zouras]

Gehrig's funeral.

[PSACJ]

Here are some of my new additions to my Conlon Photo Collection.

[tedzan]

1941 AP Wirephoto




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[slidekellyslide]

1914 Johnny Evers autographed snapshot

[tedzan]

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[RichardSimon]

8x10 photo from 1908 Polo Grounds during the famous playoff game against the Cubs.

[tedzan]

Even in retirement, the Babe is still hitting the ball 200 yards







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[tjb1952tjb]

I wonder why the home plate umpire is making the call at third base? (Joe D. sliding into third base...Ken Keltner covering). Was that the norm at that time?

[tedzan]

AP wirephoto....1953 World Series (Billy Martin - Phil Rizzuto Junior Gilliam)





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[thekingofclout]

One of my favorites is this 1937 Gehrig TYPE 1...
1937 Gehrig With Bats.jpg

[tedzan]

The day I played hooky....and, watched the entire game on our TV....it was PERFECT.








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[Yoda]

Originally Posted by Bpm0014

Christy Mathewson

I must confess to being saddened by the Matty photo. Here is arguably the greatest pitcher ever preparing, from what it appears, to throw batting practice
to a bunch of kids. He is probably already sickened by his gas exposure in WWI and has such a sad and wistful look it is painful to behold.
I was going to make a comment on the Cobb/Mantle photo but managed to restrain myself.