Framed Negro League Postcard on Ebay

[ElCabron]

It's Josh Gibson. Or Joe Jackson. Definitely one or the other.

-Ryan

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Originally Posted by ElCabron

It's Josh Gibson. Or Joe Jackson. Definitely one or the other.

-Ryan

Been looking at this postcard for a few days for ways to identify it. Probably impossible, but....

.... the uniform letters are strange, the L on the sleeve looks like a place for numbers like the 1912 Oakland Oaks uniforms, so I dismissed it as that. In the close up photo of the uniform with the letters on the chest, "AC", the letters A and C seemed spaced far apart. But in the close up of the image; I think I can make out the outline of a "B", that may have been torn off by a head-first slide, but not re-sewn. If so, ABC, the Atlanta Black Crackers, makes sense. Maybe I'm delusional.

[slidekellyslide]

Anytime I see the letters "A" and "C" on a baseball uniform I think Athletic Club.

.... "Athletic Club" yes, or if just "AC", it could stand for Atlanta Cubs (ha,ha). Even if the letter "B" was on the uniform and it once read "ABC", it could just stand for Arkansas Baptist College, or another HBCU. Without another player PC to compare it, any markings, or correspondence on the back it's near impossible. It's fun to ponder, and no one is hurt by offering reasonable theories. Great looking PC.