June pickup thread

[sayhey24]

Great bust!
For me it was a lot of paper at the flea market and the Joe C ad poster from EBay.

Greg

[Michael B]

A lot of new items for me the last few days. I was happy to add all of these to my Olympic photography archives.

Press Photographer's Messenger Pass from 1948 for wrestling. They issued these for photographers and messengers. They were very specific and not like current credentials. I have two photographer passes, football (soccer) preliminaries and the water polo venue, and one messenger pass for pentathlon. They are all the same color, about the size of a baseball card and about twice as thick on stiff cardstock. I believe they were press punched out of a larger piece of stock.

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This is a RPPC from the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. It shows Aileen Riggin of the U.S. and Nils Skoglund of Sweden. Riggin won the gold medal in springboard diving. She was 14 years and 120 days old at the time. Skoglund won a silver medal. He was 14 years 11 days at the time. He is the youngest male to win a medal in Olympic diving and the youngest male to win an individual medal in the Olympics. There are 4 women who were younger. I also have an original copy of the press photo of this shot.

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A photo I am very excited to obtain. It shows Walter Winans practicing for the running deer competition at the 1908 Olympics. Winans was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. His father and uncle were engineers helping to build the national railroad. He eventually settled in England. A talented shooter, he had to pledge allegiance to the United States at the U.S. Consulate in London to be able to compete in the 1908 Olympics. He won two gold medals and a silver medal in shooting. He was a noted sculptor and also won a gold medal in the arts category at the 1912 Olympics. Art competitions were held at the Summer Olympics from 1912 to 1948. Winans is the only person to win a gold in both disciplines. Winans finally visited the United States in 1910. I had never expected to find a photo of him shooting. I partly expected to find a studio portrait from England since he lived and died there. This came from France and was taken by V. Forbin of Paris.

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[sicollector1954]

Was lucky enough to come by this locally.....a 1946 Rockford Peaches semi final playoff program....can't be too many of these out there...Rockford only hosted 2 of these games before advancing and losing in the finals that year.

[mrozie21]

Picked up two new items this week. 1979 Chuck Tanner GU jerseys as well as an original Follow me to Forbes Field sign.

[perezfan]

Both fantastic... especially that sign!

Do any of those Descente Jerseys still have the original name on back? I have never been able to find one that's all-original. The Pirates must've sent everything down to the minors during that era. Is the same true for your Tanner?

Great stuff!

[mrozie21]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Both fantastic... especially that sign!

Do any of those Descente Jerseys still have the original name on back? I have never been able to find one that's all-original. The Pirates must've sent everything down to the minors during that era. Is the same true for your Tanner?

Great stuff!

Thanks! The Tanner has the nameplate was removed. I do have a 1979 Madlock that has the original nameplate still on it. Every other jersey from this era seemed to have the nameplates removed for the minors.

[perezfan]

That's great... such a classic and killer Uni.

[71buc]

Originally Posted by mrozie21

Picked up two new items this week. 1979 Chuck Tanner GU jerseys as well as an original Follow me to Forbes Field sign.

That sign is awesome. I have always wanted one. Did you see the one in the Lelands auction last night?
https://auction.lelands.com/bids/bidplace?itemid=98407

I have the original negative for this photo. A print would make a cool companion piece. If you want a copy PM me your address.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by 71buc

That sign is awesome. I have always wanted one. Did you see the one in the Lelands auction last night?
https://auction.lelands.com/bids/bidplace?itemid=98407

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I knew Mike would dig that!!