Embossed Postcards Players Identified.

[Greenmonster]

Maybe this is old news for some but until now I never knew the identity of the players on these embossed postcards from the 1910s. Includes an image of a Hall of Famer!

The first image is George Winter, Red Sox, 1901 -1908

[Jeffrompa]

I bought and sold a bunch of those and never knew that .

[jcmtiger]

Originally Posted by Greenmonster

Maybe this is old news for some but until now I never knew the identity of the players on these embossed postcards from the 1910s. Includes an image of a Hall of Famer!

The first image is George Winter, Red Sox, 1901 -1908

Great id, I didn't know who they were either

Joe

[h2oya311]

Very cool - thanks for sharing!!

[Tao_Moko]

Is there a Joe Jackson?

[WillowGrove]

Great to know! Thanks so much Jim.

[Jantz]

Good detective work Jim!

I've actually had a few of these in my hands at flea markets and didn't buy them because I didn't know their time frame or who the player was. Guess we do now.

Thanks for posting

Jantz

[REDSOX42]

Hey Jim/others,

I had the complete set of 1907 Morgan Stationary color postcards & a number of the embossed cards.

The Jimmy Collins Morgan Stationary photo shows him making a play at 2nd base but he is not wearing baseball spikes, he is actually wearing street shoes!

Look at the color postcard in this thread...

Paul

[swarmee]

https://www.vintageball.com/RedBelt.html
I think this is the link you meant to post.

[Leon]

Late response but I never knew that. Very cool info in this thread.

Originally Posted by Greenmonster

Maybe this is old news for some but until now I never knew the identity of the players on these embossed postcards from the 1910s. Includes an image of a Hall of Famer!

The first image is George Winter, Red Sox, 1901 -1908

[Vintagecatcher]

The batter bears a striking resemblance to Red Murray. He had an unusual batting stance as well. Note the unusual position of the rear leg in both the PC and this photo.

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/n...hoto/516510416



Patrick

[Bjw1978]

Did anyone ever ID the Batter & Catcher card? Looking at Red Murray's Turkey Red, I think we're on the right track...

[Exhibitman]

Reviving this thread to throw this into the mix:





Anyone else seen one like this, with a player name added, or is this a franken-card?

[Fred]

Wow, cool thread. I missed this 10 years ago. That's one reason I wasn't a big fan of those post cards. Now, I'm rethinking that. Pretty neat.

[Bjw1978]

Well, we at least know this card is not Boss Schmidt. But his sister thought it resembled him

"To be a compliment would be to say this favors you." - Rose Schmidt

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[Aquarian Sports Cards]

From one of our auctions a while back, sorry if this one was already posted.

[WillowGrove]

Was doing some research this morning on bb postcards and am happy to say I think i can bring some new information to the hobby about the set discussed in this thread.

I didn't see this article by Anson Whaley from 2022 but I want to add it.
You'll see Anson has captured a lot of great information about the set:

https://prewarcards.com/2022/06/02/p...all-of-famers/

One of the things he says is: "We also do not know the makers of this set. A bald eagle stamp appears on the reverse of each postcard but no specific name or company is printed on either side."

Today we can say that the maker of this set of 6 Post Cards is The Illustrated Postal Card Company. Please see the information below:

The article and ad are from the Jan 4, 1906 Geyer's Stationer. The info on the postcard company is from this site in the link just below.

Added a pic of a couple of these postcards I used to own, just for flavor -

Hope this information makes a few collectors go, "oh, cool."


peter

http://sentfromthepastpostcards.com/...ostal-card-co/

[perezfan]

Incredible research, Peter!

I can't believe some of the obscure things you've been able to uncover. And this one is no exception. Now I need to pick up a few of these... gorgeous images, especially for the price.

Great stuff!

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

I've been going crazy trying to identify the photos used for a couple of the unidentified ones. I don't know if this info will help but it's cool nonetheless!