Help Me Identify Postcard 1900-1910 - Tigers? Ty Cobb?

[Bicem]

Divided back, has to be 1907 or later.

Looks nothing like Cobb.

whoops... what Brian said.

[soulgoobe]

well I seriously doubted it was Cobb too, I just had to ask, but I never knew anything about divided postcards, so it puts the date a little later. anyone have any hard date on how that works?

more importantly, can anyone identify what this team is or if this postcard is unique or a known entity, etc.?

The subject matter is great. Though not Cobb. As mentioned post 1907 image but probably not much later. The writer mentions a baseball game with this team in the near future, etc.. I can't read the name on the postcard; signed or to whom it is addressed. The name would almost certainly narrow the team down to an area..... My guess is probably a town team near El Campo, Texas. More likely Danevang than Detroit.

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[Kawika]

Originally Posted by soulgoobe

more importantly, can anyone identify what this team is?

Gonna be tough. That stylized "D" could have been worn by town or school teams anywhere in America. Hard to tell from your scan but is any part of the postmark readable? That could help narrow down the location and you might get lucky.

[soulgoobe]

Originally Posted by Kawika

Gonna be tough. That stylized "D" could have been worn by town or school teams anywhere in America. Hard to tell from your scan but is any part of the postmark readable? That could help narrow down the location and you might get lucky.

No, I should have specified - there's no way I can tell what the postmark is.

[Dto7]

Not Detroit Tigers..wrong color of hat and shirt collar. Plus wrong English D.

[Greenmonster]

Most likely a town or high school team based upon the small number of players and their ages. I can't read the message but I'd look for smaller towns in Texas that begin with "D"

[soulgoobe]

Originally Posted by Greenmonster

Most likely a town or high school team based upon the small number of players and their ages. I can't read the message but I'd look for smaller towns in Texas that begin with "D"

yes, but it's being sent to someone IN Texas, not necessarily FROM Texas - it could be from anywhere that had baseball teams in the era - the only possible clue that someone else mentioned was the reference to eating peaches which says it COULD be Georgia, but it could just as easily not be

[terjung]

The "should have been here to help us eat peaches" makes me think it is somewhere in Georgia.