Specialized Catalog Cuban Cards Answer

[Roland 49]

Exhibitor, in the previous message I showed you something about the 1915 fight in Havana and Kid Chocolate, now a photo of the old man, with his robe

[Roland 49]

From the collection of cards "Tomas Gutiérrez 1923-24" I show a scan of some of the star players cards.

[Roland 49]

Now I show you part of a scanned test sheet of the "Cabañas" 1909 series of cards, of the Detroit team, around I put some of the cards already printed

[Exhibitman]

Those are very interesting items.

There's actually quite a bit of Kid Chocolate material around, relatively speaking. He was very popular. My favorite is this one:

[Roland 49]

That photo of "Kid Chocolate" is very interesting, propaganda for the "El Sol" tailor shop, perhaps the most important in Havana, I have read that Chocolate was one of the best dressed men in Cuba, and years ago I read in a US magazine. that in New York it was considered one of the most elegant in dress, now you will see a print with the player Oscar Sierra propaganda of "El Sol" in the Stadium del Cerro, there was a billboard that announced said tailor shop and the player who hit a homerun on this, you are presented with a check for $ 100.

[Exhibitman]

There was a similar ad in Ebbetts Field for Abe Stark. It announced, "Hit Sign, Win Suit. Abe Stark. 1514 Pitkin Ave. Brooklyn's Leading Clothier." Any player who hit the sign on the fly would get a free suit from his store.

That's a really interesting El Sol piece. I have never seen another Kid Chocolate.

[Roland 49]

The photo of Chocolate that you showed from "El Sol" is extraordinary. I had never seen it, previously comment on the ad sign of said tailor shop, now you will see a photo where the players Yiqui de Souza and Willy Miranda appear and you can see something of the ad on the nearby, the letter OS, from El Sol, appears and next to it is "Anatomical Tailors" in Spanish.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Roland 49

Now I show you part of a scanned test sheet of the "Cabañas" 1909 series of cards, of the Detroit team, around I put some of the cards already printed

Wow, some of the things you have shown are off the charts, Roland. Thanks again for sharing. The Cabanas test sheet is so cool.

[Roland 49]

Leon, I'm glad you liked that information on the Detroit test sheet in the "Cabanas" cards. Now I'll show you the complete sheet on one of the pages of my Specialized Catalog and its cover. When you see it, let me know to show you something else related to Detroit's visit to Cuba.

[Roland 49]

In 1909 when the Detroit team was in Cuba, the Harry Brothers store published a booklet with data and statistics of the games held, now I show you the cover and one of the inside sheets,

[Leon]

Those are great cards in those catalogs!

Originally Posted by Roland 49

Leon, I'm glad you liked that information on the Detroit test sheet in the "Cabanas" cards. Now I'll show you the complete sheet on one of the pages of my Specialized Catalog and its cover. When you see it, let me know to show you something else related to Detroit's visit to Cuba.

[Roland 49]

Now I show you a photo of Ty Cobb in Almendares Park in 1910, that photo has been known for a long time, but that photo was mine for several years, before going to the USA, what you may not know is its origin, that photo belonged for 50 years to one of the players of that series I refer to Rafael Almeida, since he died in 1960, and one of his grandchildren among the things that he sold me was that photo, on the back it was written in pencil "Ty Cobb Almendares Park 1910 "

[Cubanralph]

Originally Posted by Roland 49

Leon, I'm glad you liked that information on the Detroit test sheet in the "Cabanas" cards. Now I'll show you the complete sheet on one of the pages of my Specialized Catalog and its cover. When you see it, let me know to show you something else related to Detroit's visit to Cuba.

Rolando, he leido tu catalogo y te felicito. Has hecho un trabajo ejemplar. No existe ningun otro tomo como el que has hecho. Hacia falta esto con tal de educar al publico y coleccionistas en general. Te apoyo en tu labor.

[Roland 49]

Ralph in your message in Spanish you wrote: 'Rolando, I have read your catalog and I congratulate you. You have done an exemplary job. There is no other volume like the one you have made. This was needed in order to educate the public and collectors in general. I support you in your work. "Now I answer you in English: Ralph, thank you very much for what you say about my catalog, my intention is that everyone knows more about Cuban baseball, and its memorabilia in general and I try to do it with my modest knowledge. Best possible, it is almost 40 years of research that I have dedicated to fulfill that purpose.