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The Boys from San Angelo
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Here’s one of those unusual integrated teams featuring the boys from the Club in San Angelo, Texas, and the writing on the back of the card claims they were in…
The First Cleveland Indian
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Here we see a large portrait of Lou Sockalexis, the first Cleveland Indian. He was a brief major league star for the Cleveland Spiders. The Cleveland Indians were said to have…
The Babe’s Notorious Tour
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This is the Babe’s notorious post-season tour that got him in so much trouble. Commissioner of Baseball Kennesaw Landis warned the Babe that the tour was not sanctioned, but the events…
The Robinsons – Frank and Brooks
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Everyone loved to watch The Robinsons, Frank and Brooks play, especially their managers and teammates. The hitting and fielding combination these two brought to the Orioles in the late 1960s…
Wait Hoyt & Wee Willie Sherdel-The Same Size?
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I never thought of Wait Hoyt as small as Wee Willie Sherdel, but I never actually thought about it, either. Here he hugs “Wee Willie”, pitcher for the St. Louis…
Baseball Photo Postcard Collages
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These two design-work baseball photographic postcards are a couple of my favorites. I figure it took the photographer quite a bit of work to create these local products. The Fenner Brothers…
CONTOUR THE BABE
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I’ve always enjoyed looking at this two-toned abstract facial design of the Babe. I knew right away it was Babe Ruth’s face, and so do most people familiar with the…
Where Hope Lives for the Hopeless Boston Braves
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It’s 1927 spring training for the hopeless Boston Braves, and hope is in the air. You can’t lose a pennant in March, the players tell one another, as they do…
Double X – Jimmy Foxx
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Double X – Jimmy Foxx was a strong man. He was a slugger. Yet, no photo has ever spoken of his strength more to me than this shot of him…
Dodgers Celebration
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These guys are not posing for a picture – a Dodgers Celebration. They are not self-conscious, they are in a world of their own, uncaring that a photo is being…
The Fickle Finger of Fame for Ed Andrews
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Ed Andrews was an outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1880s. Ed’s career was perfectly placed to insure that he would be remembered for a century to come. It…
Stumped – Negro Leagues Chicago Union Giants BBC
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I have researched this photographic postcard of the Chicago Union Giants BBC up one side and down the other and I still cannot nail anything down. First off, it is…
A Hot and Tired Gabby Hartnett
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Gabby Hartnett can barely think as he walks the front of the dugout carrying a towel. Ever been in Chicago in August? The humidity is 110%. And this photo is…
Baseball Boys From Alabama – The Rucker Archive
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Many a carte-de-visite with baseball imagery has passed before my eyes including these baseball boys from Alabama. I have seen outdoor scenes, studio tableaus, teams in all possible configurations, players…
