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Ghost Dance
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Ghost Dance Cabinet Card D.B. Chase, photographer from Santa Fe, New Mexico, went over the top with this image. Set up at his studio it is unclear if this configuration…
1822 New Universal World Atlas
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1822 New Universal World Atlas We are posting a number of wonderful maps from a world atlas published in 1822. The atlas is entitled The New Universal Atlas of the…
Native American Baseball Teams
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Native American Baseball Teams. Teams came in all shapes and sizes, and all colors. The mixed race teams were common in Cuba, but never in the United States until the 1950s.…
Golfer Ben Hogan
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Golfer Ben Hogan was a man of action, yet my favorite photo of him shows the champion golfer in a meditative pose inside the clubhouse at the country club in…
Canadian Thanksgiving Turkey Time
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Its turkey time for the Canadian Thanksgiving which is always the second weekend in October. This coincides with what most of the United States calls Columbus Day. What I find…
Hairy House of David
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Have you seen any hairy House of David cards? Any collector of baseball real photo postcards will tell you that hairy House of David (HoD) cards are common. This is…
Galactic Gourds
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When I saw this one page illustration of “Galactic Gourds” from a 1918 seed catalog, I had to go after it. This is not an advertisement in the usual sense,…
Diogenes Examining Harvester
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Diogenes Examining Harvester In this Victorian advertising trade card the figure of Diogenes with his lantern, illuminates one of those fantastic green and red pieces of farm machinery being manufactured…
The words and quotes of Yogi Berra
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Given the sheer volume of wacky, offbeat and downright unintelligible statement than have been uttered by Yogi, one wonders how he ever found time to play ball?! Here are some…
Babe Ruth in Dunsmuir
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Babe Ruth in Dunsmuir. How can you top this? Babe Ruth barnstorming in one of the finest rustic ballparks you could imagine. He was in Dunsmuir, California when this photo…
Greenville Baseball Labor Day
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We got a great big Greenville Baseball Labor Day crowd filling the seats. We got bands to play for each baseball team flanking the grandstands. We have the best of Greenville,…
Two Cuban Baseball Players – One Famous One Not
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Two Cuban Baseball Players – One Famous One Not. One of Cuba’s most famous ballplayers, Armando Marsans, appears on the unusually designed postcard at left. Marsans had serious playing careers in…
Sam Crawford Scoring
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Sam Crawford scoring looks like a horse trying to slow down. He’s just crossed the plate, as Patsy Livingston is attempting to control the ball in the background. I don’t even…
Long Lost Lamott Giants
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I have a feeling these long lost LaMott Giants baseball players were paid to play, but were not very good. They appear uninspired as they sit the bench in this…
African-American Team Unknown
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This African-American Team is unknown. With often poignant faces, these young black men faced an ungenerous future. There was no place for them to play ball for serious money, and these…
Andrew ‘Stringbean’ Williams
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Andrew ‘Stringbean’ Williams who played from 1914 to 1925 all over the East and Midwest, has taken a dynamic pose. This Negro League pitcher and outfielder is of some standing.…
Tattooed Boy Eisenmann – The Rucker Archive
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Tattooed Boy Eisenmann – The Rucker Archive
Prize Potato Parade
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Prize Potato Parade
Onion Parade
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Onion Parade
Nice Carnival
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Nice Carnival
Masque Ball Design
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Masque Ball Design
Jolly Jumper
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Jolly Jumper
G.L. Fox Portrait
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G.L. Fox Portrait
Cuban 1920 Beauties
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Cuban 1920 Beauties
Circus Posters Downtown
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Circus Posters Downtown
Chinese Acrobats
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Chinese Acrobats
Big Wheel Paris
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Big Wheel Paris – The Rucker Archive
Ballgame in Trinidad Cuba
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We’re near the historic Cuban city of Trinidad and a ballgame is in progress, with the teams unnamed. I bought this highly detailed photo postcard in Trinidad, where baseball is just…
Big Action by Maveston Indians
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The Maveston Indians are caught here in a moment of truth, and the photographer is completely unnoticed. The Randolph runner is coming toward home full tilt from third base, the ball…
Summer Picnic Pickup Baseball Game
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Working up an appetite for their summer picnic, a pick up baseball game. This co-rec baseball game is underway near Hudson Lake, Indiana. The pitch is in the air, the…
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