John Rogers: From Net 54 to Prison

[Huck]

Originally Posted by SAllen2556

Very sad to read about Mary Brace and her father's photos. I'd sure like to know why she didn't use an auction house or consider donating them to an institution that could have preserved them. Went for the quick buck I suppose. Too bad.

I purchased photographs from Mary Brace on a few occasions. She was always very pleasant to do business with. I was surprised when she sold the collection. She provided me with contact information (John Rogers) of the new owner of the collection. Eventually, I was able to contact John, but due to his lack of returning email messages in a timely matter, I was never able to purchase additional photographs. Ah well, with only $150 at stake, he had bigger fish to fry.

[whitehse]

Originally Posted by biohazard

I purchased photographs from Mary Brace on a few occasions. She was always very pleasant to do business with. I was surprised when she sold the collection. She provided me with contact information (John Rogers) of the new owner of the collection. Eventually, I was able to contact John, but due to his lack of returning email messages in a timely matter, I was never able to purchase additional photographs. Ah well, with only $150 at stake, he had bigger fish to fry.

I had a chance to see Mr. Brace on a daily basis at Wrigley Field when I worked there in the '80's and while he could be occasionally gruff, I found him to be an awesome source of baseball information. He told stories of sitting in the dugout with Ruth and Gehrig and working with and being on a first name basis with most of the legends of the game during the 20th century. The man was like a walking Cooperstown with his stories he had in his head. I was saddened to read that his negatives were sold off and even more saddened to know his family got stiffed in the process. He was a man who was proud of his work and was diligent in everything he did.

Sometimes this awesome hobby just sucks because of the few a******* that are in it......

[Keith_Loving]

Not to bump an old thread, but I wish the contents on the hard drives that he tried to "steal" could be made available online for a price. I am sure there are scans on there that I would buy of particular lesser known players form the 1930s Cardinals teams. Hope the work that was put into scanning images onto the hard drives won't lead to a dead end.

I feel bad for Mary Brace, she had a treasure trove and its gone!

[MikeGarcia]

Originally Posted by Keith_Loving

Not to bump an old thread, but I wish the contents on the hard drives that he tried to "steal" could be made available online for a price. I am sure there are scans on there that I would buy of particular lesser known players form the 1930s Cardinals teams. Hope the work that was put into scanning images onto the hard drives won't lead to a dead end.

I feel bad for Mary Brace, she had a treasure trove and its gone!

...Hello....you sound like you might know 1930's St. Louis Cardinals players ?

..Might you know the names of the players on the two Burke 4 x 6's which are not signed ? The backs are devoid of any identification except for the classic standard stamp : "Geo C. Burke 847 Belmont Ave. Chicago, Ill."---I appreciate any help , thanks , MG54

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[cardinalcollector]

I believe that is Ed Delker in the middle and Burgess Whitehead on the right.

[thecatspajamas]

Here is the same image in postcard format (with identification penned on the back), and the corresponding "smiling" pose from the same sitting:

[Keith_Loving]

Hi bud, I have an original George Burke Checklist, the players are listed below with their checklist number.

Eddie Delker: 189 N8
Burgess Whitehead: 802 N8

Oddly enough, there are a few signed Eddie Delker JIM ROWE postcards on eBay right now with the same pose.

Cheers,
Keith

[thecatspajamas]

Hi Keith,
The postcard I posted is a Rowe postcard as well, produced from one of George Burke's original negatives. Rowe made extensive use over the years of a large grouping of George Burke's original negatives that he had on loan from George Brace following Burke's death. He produced as many, if not more, reprints from those negatives over the years than George Brace himself produced from the larger archive still in his possession. So the image used to produce the RPPC is Burke's work, with the RPPC production itself being in later years by Rowe.