Canadian Pre-War Baseball cards

[Huysmans]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

Brent, did you say "Holland Creameries Senators?"

Wow Val, great cards! 👏👏👏 I'm speechless! I'd love to know where and how those were acquired. I find it very interesting that a regional like this was only available in Winnipeg when issued, yet literally none - as far as I know, are found in the city anymore.

[ValKehl]

Brent, thanks for the kind words. Actually I have had all of the Holland Creameries, except for the SP Peckinpaugh card, for many years One of my biggest hobby regrets was not buying what I think is the only known Peckinpaugh many years ago, because I thought the price was too high! Although most of my Hollands are in P-F condition, I was so glad I already had them when I fairly recently began a new collecting focus - cards of all the Wash. Senators who were on their 1924 championship team - as far as I know, the Holland cards are the only known cards of two players, Ralph Miller & Ernest (Mule) Shirley, and among the few known cards of a few other players.

I can readily tell you where and how I acquired everything in my collection that I acquired since the beginning of 2007. For everything prior to this (including my Hollands), I have a big box full of receipts, cancelled checks, notes, etc. that I have been intending for years to sort and organize. And, I have an Alzheimer's-like memory. Hence, I can't tell you where and how I got my Hollands, except to say I didn't acquire them all one at a time - I acquired at least one sizable group somewhere, probably in an auction.
Val

[Zan]

My only Canadian

[MikeGarcia]

...my only card from this set , for a reason...they're too small and too expensive and there's a lot of them.....a set-completionist's worst nightmare....and half the printing on the back is in some foreign language....

[Huysmans]

Originally Posted by MikeGarcia

...my only card from this set , for a reason...they're too small and too expensive and there's a lot of them.....a set-completionist's worst nightmare....and half the printing on the back is in some foreign language....

Hey Mike, not sure if you're being tongue in cheek, but that "foreign language" you're unaware of, is French.

[Huysmans]

Thanks Val! Sharing those is most appreciated. And nice Johnson!
Oh, and if I find a Peckinpaugh in my travels picking.... I'll let you know. 😜
Thanks again!

Regards,
Brent

Technically not cards, but they are Pre-War and Canadian. 1928 La Presse premiums:

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by Huysmans

Wow Val, great cards! 👏👏👏 I'm speechless! I'd love to know where and how those were acquired. I find it very interesting that a regional like this was only available in Winnipeg when issued, yet literally none - as far as I know, are found in the city anymore.

I purchased a group of about 100 (mostly non-sports) cards from an eBay seller in Winnipeg back in 2005. They included a Holland Creameries Zahniser. Maybe that was the last one to leave the city.

[clydepepper]

It sure seem like there were a lot more cards produced north of the border during the 1920s.

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[Huysmans]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

I purchased a group of about 100 (mostly non-sports) cards from an eBay seller in Winnipeg back in 2005. They included a Holland Creameries Zahniser. Maybe that was the last one to leave the city.

Hey Glenn, that was a nice find! For all the years I've looked in Winnipeg, attended shows, garage sales, flea markets, etc. I've never found even one regional card that was produced here, and stayed in the city. So you just might have got the last HC card. I'll keep searching though!

Regards,
Brent

[triwak]

My only contribution. Interesting thread!

[Leon]

a recent upgrade...

[bigfanNY]

Nice Foxx Leon 1937 OPC is one of my favorite issues of the 30's. But the 1936 WWG has also held a place in my heart because it had both Gehrig and DiMaggio in the set. If you turn DiMaggio over has his nickname listed as "Deadpan Joe" which matches the photo perfectly. Great thread on vacation or would contribute.