Embossed Postcards Players Identified.

[Leon]

Late response but I never knew that. Very cool info in this thread.

Originally Posted by Greenmonster

Maybe this is old news for some but until now I never knew the identity of the players on these embossed postcards from the 1910s. Includes an image of a Hall of Famer!

The first image is George Winter, Red Sox, 1901 -1908

[Vintagecatcher]

The batter bears a striking resemblance to Red Murray. He had an unusual batting stance as well. Note the unusual position of the rear leg in both the PC and this photo.

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/n...hoto/516510416



Patrick

[Bjw1978]

Did anyone ever ID the Batter & Catcher card? Looking at Red Murray's Turkey Red, I think we're on the right track...

[Exhibitman]

Reviving this thread to throw this into the mix:





Anyone else seen one like this, with a player name added, or is this a franken-card?

[Fred]

Wow, cool thread. I missed this 10 years ago. That's one reason I wasn't a big fan of those post cards. Now, I'm rethinking that. Pretty neat.

[brianp-beme]

Picked up these four at the near turning of the year from a fellow board member. I really like the ghostly backside impressions just as much as the fronts.

According to a post on this thread, supposedly 5 of the 6 in the set have been identified. Has the identity of the top left player in my scan been 'officially' identified?

Brian

[T206Jim]

Definitely Winter, based on a 1904 Conlon photo. I have not seen the Cicotte attribution, but it is obviously not him as shown in the link below.

https://chapmandeadballcollection.co...e-winter-1904/