RPPC Deadball Era Visual Showcase Thread

[T206Jim]

I'll have another try at reinvigorating this thread. Here are several of my favorite RPPCs framed together. Please post your RPPCs.

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[jb217676]

Here's a few more Jim!

• 1906 Des Moines Baseball Team RPPC. Includes Eddie Cicotte (front row, second from right)
• C. 1907 Worcester Busters RPPC. Includes Jesse Burkett (front row, third player from left)
• 1912 Superior Team RPPC. Includes Dazzy Vance (top row, second from left)
• 1913 Frederic Schutz RPPC of Walter Johnson

[obcbeatle]

Thank you all for sharing these postcards. They are all beautiful! I wish I had one to share. Maybe one day.

[packs]

Here's one from my collection. This is former Major Leaguer Frank Owen throwing out the first pitch for the Toledo Mudhens in 1909 at the newly opened Swayne Field. Owen won 20 games three seasons in a row for the White Sox and was a World Series champion in 1906:

[Kawika]

The opening of Swayne Field begat several postcards commemorating the momentous day, an eighteen inning battle won by visiting Columbus 12-11. Here is catcher Fred Abbott (three seasons in the Bigs) nailing the first "attempded" base stealer who by the looks of it is going to be out by a country mile.

[Kawika]

This postcard depicts a game between the visiting Baltimore Orioles against the Montreal Royals circa 1905. It's somewhat speculative on my part but I believe the player charging toward the camera is lefty Fred Burchell who pitched parts of four seasons for the Phillies and the Red Sox and who has a T206. There are likely other former/future MLers in the scene; the rosters for both teams at BBRef.com indicate that the majority of players had played in the big leagues. The signage on the fences and beyond is what takes this postcard to the next level. The detail on the scoreboard is just beyond resolution but it might be possible to nail down the specific game if one were so inclined.

[Jobu]

Here is Cy Young playing with the Ravenna, Ohio team on Labor Day, 1912 just after he retired. Interesting to note that he is wearing the 1912 Boston uniform.

I did a ton of digging on this and found a few local accounts in the papers though not quite as much detail as I had hoped. I did find identical two-sentence blurbs in national papers so this game did go out on the wire "Cy Young is still playing ball in Ohio. He played first base for the Ravenna team Labor Day, and his squad broke even in a double-header. He pitched the last inning of one game."

Also noteworthy is how he is wearing his pants. I seem to recall a recent comment about pants appearing to be on backwards.

[cdn_collector]

Originally Posted by Kawika

This postcard depicts a game between the visiting Baltimore Orioles against the Montreal Royals circa 1905. It's somewhat speculative on my part but I believe the player charging toward the camera is lefty Fred Burchell who pitched parts of four seasons for the Phillies and the Red Sox and who has a T206. There are likely other former/future MLers in the scene; the rosters for both teams at BBRef.com indicate that the majority of players had played in the big leagues. The signage on the fences and beyond is what takes this postcard to the next level. The detail on the scoreboard is just beyond resolution but it might be possible to nail down the specific game if one were so inclined.

Wow, that's so awesome.
George Gibson was with Montreal for the first half of 1905, and Cy Ferry was there for a bit too.

Is there any writing on the back?


Cheers,

Richard.

[bmarlowe1]

Originally Posted by Kawika

This postcard depicts a game between the visiting Baltimore Orioles against the Montreal Royals circa 1905. It's somewhat speculative on my part but I believe the player charging toward the camera is lefty Fred Burchell who pitched parts of four seasons for the Phillies and the Red Sox and who has a T206. There are likely other former/future MLers in the scene; the rosters for both teams at BBRef.com indicate that the majority of players had played in the big leagues. The signage on the fences and beyond is what takes this postcard to the next level. The detail on the scoreboard is just beyond resolution but it might be possible to nail down the specific game if one were so inclined.

David - there's a fair chance that is Burchell. In any case, I wish more posters knew how have their images appear like yours.

[Brian Van Horn]

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1. 1906 New England League Worcester Busters RPPC with Jesse Burkett, Harry Lord, and several other Major Leaguers

2. 1907 New England League Brockton Tigers RPPC with several Major Leaguers

3. 1909 Connecticut State League Holyoke Papermakers with a couple of Major Leaguers