Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

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Day 112 – 22 April 2024
Today, I am showing the Coo-Coo Bird again, but with different context. This sticker is from 1970 or 1971. The Year of the Bird with the bird and orange letters was an amazing slogan and campaign for the Orioles.

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LOVE the angry Bird…

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Day 113 – 23 April 2024
The Orioles relationship with local news and radio always had a special way of representing the Orioles with bright colors and slogans. I believe this sticker is from the early 1980s. WJZ sponsored this sticker (News Channel 13) with the “I’m a Bird Backer” slogan. I enjoy the color and simplicity of the sticker along with its News 13 connection with Baltimore.

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114 – 24 April 2024
My final sticker is my oldest and most expensive. This sticker features another slogan the Orioles had in their past. This sticker is oversized and I have never seen another. The slogan, “Get on the Oriole Band Wagon” features the Hartzell Bird and I believe it is from 1954. I really enjoy the size, colors and bird.

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Originally Posted by chstrite

114 – 24 april 2024
my final sticker is my oldest and most expensive. This sticker features another slogan the orioles had in their past. This sticker is oversized and i have never seen another. The slogan, “get on the oriole band wagon” features the hartzell bird and i believe it is from 1954. I really enjoy the size, colors and bird.

awesome!

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Day 115 – 25 April 2024
For the next three days I will share things from Brooks and Eddie Robinson’s Gorsuch House. I do not have a lot of items but happy with the few I have. The Gorsuch House was operated by Brooks and Eddie Robinson in the 1960s – 1970s. Did anyone ever eat there? The Restaurant was operated by Eddie first and then Brooks came a long. It dated back to 1964 located off of Greenmount between 32nd and 33rd Streets in Baltimore. The address was 511 Gorsuch Avenue. The phone number was BE 5-2744. The restaurant was adorn by some baseball related photos and bats and featured the Robby’s crabcake, but Brooks direct involvement was limited. My first item is a photo of the front of the restaurant with a couple of signs featuring the HoF’er…not seeing Eddie’s name. This picture is signed. Not the best photo but look closely at the rough building, sidewalk and Robinson name appearing three times. I wonder who the lady is? I will show another item the next two days. I wonder what happened to the Signs and letters on the Robinson’s name above the door. Love the round windows. I would love to find more items. If anyone has anything extra, let me know or at least show it.

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Originally Posted by Chstrite

Day 115 – 25 April 2024
For the next three days I will share things from Brooks and Eddie Robinson’s Gorsuch House. I do not have a lot of items but happy with the few I have. The Gorsuch House was operated by Brooks and Eddie Robinson in the 1960s – 1970s. Did anyone ever eat there? The Restaurant was operated by Eddie first and then Brooks came a long. It dated back to 1964 located off of Greenmount between 32nd and 33rd Streets in Baltimore. The address was 511 Gorsuch Avenue. The phone number was BE 5-2744. The restaurant was adorn by some baseball related photos and bats and featured the Robby’s crabcake, but Brooks direct involvement was limited. My first item is a photo of the front of the restaurant with a couple of signs featuring the HoF’er…not seeing Eddie’s name. This picture is signed. Not the best photo but look closely at the rough building, sidewalk and Robinson name appearing three times. I wonder who the lady is? I will show another item the next two days. I wonder what happened to the Signs and letters on the Robinson’s name above the door. Love the round windows. I would love to find more items. If anyone has anything extra, let me know or at least show it.

I’ll check it out to see if I have anything to add, but probably only have the common stuff. I’ve never been and I haven’t ever seen a full pic of the outside of the restaurant so that’s nice to see (sidewalk needed some work). A couple cool signs and lettering if anything survived.