Graded T206 Set & Barr-Farnham Photo Post Card Album of the Washington Ball Club 1909

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Lot 1678. 1909 Washington Senators' Barr-Farnham Photo Postcard Presentational Album
Personal and vintage, this leather-clad Barr-Farnum photo post card album channels that bygone era of baseball with individual portraits of the 1909 Washington Senators, featuring one of the greatest pitchers ever, Walter Johnson, before The Big Train - as he was called - really got that windmill windup into the record books; he held the all-time total strikeout record for 56 years. Contains 23 beautiful, sepia-toned images, all measuring roughly 4x6”, and all but one are individual portraits, that of Manager Joe Cantillon, trainer J.W. Eddinger, C.E. Smith, T.J. Hughes, Robert Groom, Jerry Freeman, Bill Burns, W.D. Gray, G.F. McBride, C.E. Street, R.A. Unglaub, Jim Delahanty, C.D. Blankenship, M.J. Kahoe, J.C. Milan, Wm. E. Conroy, R.S. Ganley, D.E. Keeley, Jess Tannehill, W.M. Shipke, and O.E. Clymer, and on first page, the team shot entitled “Washington Base Ball Club, 1909". This is one of four separate lots available from the family of team captain (1908-09) and right fielder Robert S. (Bob) Ganley, and note that Ganley’s portrait is a reproduction of the original, which the family chose to keep. Includes LOA from family.

Reserve: $1,000
Number of Bids: 2
Current Bid: $1,100.00
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[Leon]

Reviving an old thread to see if anyone has seen any Barr-Farnham postcards (the actual postcards?) These are some of the proofs and the album they came in. The bottom picture is whose estate these originated from according to his great grandson, above. The album is approx. 6" x 8".

[Bicem]

Have always loved this piece!

Have never seen an actual postcard, wonder if they were ever actually produced.

[oldjudge]

Leon-Nice piece! I see the images with a Heritage Auction credit. Are they in an upcoming Heritage Auction or a past one?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

Leon-Nice piece! I see the images with a Heritage Auction credit. Are they in an upcoming Heritage Auction or a past one?

Thanks Jay. It, the album including all photos, was in a Goodwin auction from approx. 12 yrs ago and a more recent Heritage one. It's not going to auction as far as I know.

[paul]

What was the job of "Bill McNeil, Rubber"? And please don't respond "rubber" unless you can explain what a "rubber" is? Thanks.