Amazing shoeless joe jackson panorama military photo

[Horsehide Historian]

Is that him top row in the center? Amazing acquisition!

[toppcat]

The Jackson connection is great but that is a super nice item all by itself!

[pbspelly]

I love those old panoramic pictures. The cameras actually panned from one side to the other. It would take 30 or 40 seconds to complete the pan, and the folks sitting for the picture were supposed to stay still until it stopped turning. But sometimes people on one side would wait until the camera panned past them and then get up and run around the back of the camera and get in place on the other side before the pan made it there. So they would appear on both sides in the same picture.

My grandfather is fourth from the right in this shot.

[jerseygary]

I'm not a Shoeless Joe expert by any stretch, but didn't he avoid serving in the war by leaving the White Sox a few weeks into the 1918 season and getting employed at Bethlehem Steel shipyards in Wilmington, Delaware? I recall reading that Comiskey had some very choice words to say about what he felt was Jackson avoiding the draft by playing ball for Bethlehem Steel under the ruse of a war-production job. The Chicago sportswriters really let Jackson have it as well.

Did he join the Army at the tail end of the war? I'm curious what the story is behind the picture.

[ZachS]

That's an awesome photo! In addition to baseball I also collect vintage military stuff so this is right up my alley.

[Ladder7]

Kinda looks like him. But, always thought he burned his draft card? Weird

[Dto7]

The 1917 Chicago White Sox in military uniforms just for show from The Chicago Daily News archives. Joe Jackson 3rd from left in front.

[EVAJOY91]

Originally Posted by pbspelly

i love those old panoramic pictures. The cameras actually panned from one side to the other. It would take 30 or 40 seconds to complete the pan, and the folks sitting for the picture were supposed to stay still until it stopped turning. But sometimes people on one side would wait until the camera panned past them and then get up and run around the back of the camera and get in place on the other side before the pan made it there. So they would appear on both sides in the same picture.

My grandfather is fourth from the right in this shot.

you also have a great panoramic photo of the cleveland team with shoeless joe jackson. How long have you owned it?

[pbspelly]

Originally Posted by EVAJOY91

you also have a great panoramic photo of the cleveland team with shoeless joe jackson. How long have you owned it?

I don't own an original. I got a negative copy made from the original negative that resides in the Library of Congress's collection and had it turned into a print. You can order these from the LOC. Much better quality than reprints made from prints. But they're still reprints.

[markf31]

Everything I've read about Joe details that he did successfully avoid military service. Joe passed his medical exam to be drafted and shortly thereafter found the aforementioned job at Bethlehem Steel.

Could this be another Joe Jackson perhaps, It does not seem that Joe Jackson would be an uncommon name.

[glchen]

Was it confirmed that really is Joe Jackson in the photo? It is now in the upcoming H&S auction: Link