Cards depicting Milwaukee players

[jackailius]

Hello all,
I've been lerking for quite some time. I'm more of a modern guy but am starting to look at dabbling into the prewar realm. I am wondering if anyone knows a resource to find prewar cards for Milwaukee players. I've googled it and came up with a couple of T206s that I will probably go after in low grade but couldn't really come up with any others. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Josh

[effe]

I have a few scanned up on my site...
http://home.roadrunner.com/~jevintage/cards.html
You also may want this site out, not really card related, but it has some great vintage Milwaukee baseball content
http://www.borchertfield.com

[rhettyeakley]

There are some Milwaukee players in the N172 Old Judge set, and a few in the E254/E270 Colgan's Chips Sets (see a few pictures below). There are also a few in the N284 Buchner Gold Coin set (along w/ a number from nearby LaCrosse, WI as well)
-Rhett

[t213]

Here's a Milwaukee N284.
Andy

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[jackailius]

thanks for the help. This should get me started.

Josh

[Joe_G.]

Milwaukee is well represented in the Old Judge set due to their presence in the Western Association (full coverage of the 1888 and 1889 teams).

In 1888, the team called themselves the Milwaukee Brewers with eleven players, thirty-four poses catalogued. In 1889, the team changed their name to the Creams with many new faces but again finished mid-pack. The 1889 totals reside at fifteen players accounting for fifty-four total poses.

Some of the players who can only be found on 1888 cards are among the toughest players in the set (Cusick, Davin, etc.). The 1889 examples are more common.