Tris Speaker Rookie?

[Andy Baran]

Is this from 1908?

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[h2oya311]

Originally Posted by Andy Baran

Is this from 1908?

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Thanks Andy -

I was actually thinking of the '08-09 Rose Co. PC (I've never seen one), but now I'm curious about the date of the Carl Horner Cabinet. Is that an '09 issue predominantly? I've seen the Horners listed from 1905-1910...those dates would certainly put it in the running as a Speaker "rookie".

[Baseball Rarities]

Originally Posted by h2oya311

Thanks Andy -

I was actually thinking of the '08-09 Rose Co. PC (I've never seen one), but now I'm curious about the date of the Carl Horner Cabinet. Is that an '09 issue predominantly? I've seen the Horners listed from 1905-1910...those dates would certainly put it in the running as a Speaker "rookie".

If a Rose postcard of Speaker does exist, he would certainly be part of the "no team" series that was issued in 1909.

[Baseball Rarities]

Originally Posted by h2oya311

Thanks Andy -

I was actually thinking of the '08-09 Rose Co. PC (I've never seen one), but now I'm curious about the date of the Carl Horner Cabinet. Is that an '09 issue predominantly? I've seen the Horners listed from 1905-1910...those dates would certainly put it in the running as a Speaker "rookie".

The images for Horner cabinets were taken over a number of years. Most that we see are from the 1900 - 1910 era, but he was certainly active before and after as well.

While the date that the image was originally taken can sometimes be discerned by the players' uniforms, I would assume that Horner continued to print and distribute his cabinets for many years after the initial image was taken.