FS: 1912 Postcard Detroit Tigers Season Opener Flag Day Ty Cobb SGC 3.5

[Casey2296]

This postcard always reminds me of just how much taller Cobb (2nd from right) was compared to his contemporaries. Glws

[Moonlight Graham]

I looked up opening day in 1912 in the Detroit Public Library and there was a very similar image to this one but it looked like the picture was taken from a slightly different view.

Joe

[Moonlight Graham]

Bump

[Ladder7]

A real favorite.

Best I could come up with long ago. Opening Day 1908. Raising the 1907 Champs banner?.. Nowadays, Im swayed to 1912
There is a very similar photo from that same day, indicating “1909” (crossed out) and “1912 added”. Needs more investigating

This one is postmarked 1914;

[SAllen2556]

Here it is. It's from opening day 1912 when the new ballpark opened.

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Here's another photo of it:

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[RUKen]

Originally Posted by SAllen2556

Here it is. It's from opening day 1912 when the new ballpark opened.

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Here's another photo of it:

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Those are two different pictures, but now I'm inclined to agree that they were taken on the same day. (The people in the bleachers are arranged almost identically in the two images, and the debris in the foreground also matches.) I think that Jim "Deacon" McGuire is the balding man in a sweater who has just taken his cap off (second from the right among the Tiger personnel), and he did not join the Detroit coaching staff until 1912.

[bewilderbeest]

Those pictures are great!

I can't see how that photo could be from any other event except Navin Field's opening day of April 20, 1912.

One last point. Bennet Park's flag pole was situated behind the bleachers, so there is no way the picture was taken at Bennet Park.