Jim Thorpe

[doug.goodman]

Police Gazette supplement from May 24, 1913 and then a full page from the April 21, 1917 issue.

PG very frequently reused the same photos, there may be other full pages from different issues, if so the caption(s) would be different.

[bcbgcbrcb]

The Fatima Giants team card is “only” a few hundred and likely the most affordable playing days card of Thorpe out there. I think it’s a good option if you are just looking to own something.

I believe there is also a card from one of the Colgan’s Chips series, although that one along with the Sporting News cards will cost you a small fortune. Also, one of those c1915 W-UNC photographic strip cards, I believe, along with a Zeenut PCL minor league card as well.

[Kawika]

Some phenomenal photos posted in this thread, particularly Ryan and Jobu's offerings. Here are a couple of my Thorpe items.

1) "Domestic" photo of the Giants world tour team in 1913. Matty didn't go overseas with the rest.

2) 1914 George Grantham Bain photo (Type 1)

[Peter_Spaeth]

Did he really say, "Thanks, King"?

[Leon]

From the BST.

[bandrus1]

The NY t200 is the most undervalued card in the entire hobby

[oldjudge]

Great idea, Ryan!

[Bored5000]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Did he really say, "Thanks, King"?

In Kate Buford's extensive 2010 biography of Thorpe, she insists that the story never happened, pointing out among other things that the "Thanks, King" claim was not reported contemporaneously and only began being reported in newspapers in the 1940s.

“It would be claimed,” she writes, “that Jim replied, ‘Thanks, King,’ as if he knew no better, the story undermining the moment of his greatest triumph.” She argues that, “A flippant reply would have been out of character for a man who was highly uncomfortable in public ceremonies and hated to stand out.” Movie footage of the event shows Thorpe accepting the award, taking a step back, making a bowing motion to the King and then rejoining his teammates."

https://thislandpress.com/2012/07/27...-all-american/

I live about 45 minutes from Jim Thorpe, Pa., and have visited his burial place several times, FWIW, the "Thanks, King" story is mentioned at Thorpe's tomb in the town that carries his name today.

[Joe Hunter]

Early 1910’s fashion plate

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Did he really say, "Thanks, King"?

Wasn't the Babe supposed to have said something like that, perhaps when the Yankees went to England in 1924 and were greeted by King George?

[lhardem]

Here is Thorpe from a very obscure set of Supplements issued in 1914 by the New York Evening Sun. The artist, Larry Semon, later became a leading silent movie star who directed and played the lead role of Scarecrow in the 1925 silent film version of The Wizard of Oz.

Details about the set of 21 supplements (all members of the NY Giants) can be viewed here.



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[cmoore330]

Here’s another obscure supplement from a 1912 French publication: