One that got away- then found again

[steve B]

I finally got a bit of time to research an interesting Fenway park postcard I have.

Part of the fun of this one was that I saw it around 1985, at the shop of a stamp guy who was dabbling in cards. I was into different stuff, and didn't buy it as it seemed a bit expensive at the time. I finally decided to get it a year or so later and it had been sold a few months before. I regretted not buying it for years.

Late 90's, I'm at the shriners show and in a dealers postcard binder is the same card. Not another copy, but the same card.


There's enough detail to figure out roughly the moment the picture was taken. August 19, 1934 Tigers pitcher Elden Auker is warming up before the bottom of the first inning of the second game of a doubleheader with catcher Mickey Cochrane. He'll go on to win 4-3 over Rube Walberg and Gordon Rhodes.
The bonus is how I knew it was the same card. The autograph on the back that both sellers described as being "some front office guy"


Frank Navin, Tigers owner. The day after he signed, he saw his team lose the world series to the Cardinals.
Duffys cliff would be removed after the season as part of a continuing remodeling.

I'm not sure who Morton Dawson was, But I'm thinking he might have something to do with the Dawsons sign that's on the hotel just above the Gem sign.

Steve B