NE1 got a Charlie Peete pix?
 

Posted By: <b>Bob Lemke</b><p>I'd like to do a 1956-Topps style card of St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Charlie Peete, who was killed in a plane crash on his way to winter ball in Venezuela in late 1956. He was the first, and may still be the only, major leaguer to die in a commercial airliner crash.<br><br>He was with Portsmouth in 1953, Lynchburg in 1954, Rochester and Omaha in 1955 and Omaha in 1956. I know he appears in the 1956 Omaha comb-bound &quot;Picture-Pak&quot; booklet, as shown in the Standard Catalog. I'd like to get a 300 dpi scan. Black-and-white is no problem, as I can do a reasonable job of colorizing.<br><br>If you can help, I'll send you a couple of cards when they're completed. <br><br>Thanks much!

NE1 got a Charlie Peete pix?
 

Posted By: <b>Jodi Birkholm</b><p>I have a small, rough photo of him somewhere. You are mistaken about Peete being the only player to die in a commercial airliner crash. Here are some others who suffered the same fate:<br><br>Bill McAfee<br>Irv Medlinger<br>Nestor Chavez<br>Jim Hardin<br><br>There are a couple of others if memory serves corrrect--just can't think of them right now.

NE1 got a Charlie Peete pix?
 

Posted By: <b>JDRUM</b><p>Bob,<br>I don't know if this will help but it is him.<br>Jeff<br><img src="http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s172/hrbaker/peete.jpg" alt="[linked image]">

NE1 got a Charlie Peete pix?
 

Posted By: <b>Jodi Birkholm</b><p>That's a better picture than I have. Feel free to email if you want a sample of Peete's autograph for use on your card. He's a tough one!

NE1 got a Charlie Peete pix?
 

Posted By: <b>Bob Lemke</b><p>Thanks for the quick responses.<br><br>Jeff, that picture would work great. Could I prevail on you to scan just the photo at 300 dpi?<br><br>Jodi, I do have a scan of a CP auto, but it is quite light. If you could scan yours for me, that would be great.<br><br>You can either post them here or e-mail to me at crystalsdad1979@yahoo.com.<br>If you'll both include your mailing addresses, I'll see that you get examples of the finished card.<br><br>Bob

NE1 got a Charlie Peete pix?
 

Posted By: <b>JDRUM</b><p>Will do. I'll send a scan over sometime tonite or tomorrow depending on when my son decides to go to sleep. Jeff<br>

NE1 got a Charlie Peete pix?
 

Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p><a href="http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b331/nudan92/Omaha%20Baseball/?action=view&amp;current=1955omaha.jpg"><img src="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b331/nudan92/Omaha%20Baseball/1955omaha.jpg" border="0" alt="1955 Omaha Cardinals"></a><br><br><a href="http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b331/nudan92/Omaha%20Baseball/?action=view&amp;current=charliepeete.jpg"><img src="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b331/nudan92/Omaha%20Baseball/charliepeete.jpg" border="0" alt="Charlie Peete"></a>

NE1 got a Charlie Peete pix?
 

Posted By: <b>Bob Lemke</b><p>Dan, That's a really great mid-1950s minor league card. It's too bad the facial details are so dark . . . though I suppose if they exposed/printed for Peete and Alston, the rest of team would look like Casper.

NE1 got a Charlie Peete pix?
 

Posted By: <b>Rich Klein</b><p> Is one of my favorite people in big league history. He lasted forever and a day in baseball because he threw a knuckler and was willing to pitch in Triple-A in 1969 when he was older than 40.<br><br> Regards<br> Rich

NE1 got a Charlie Peete pix?
 

Posted By: <b>JDRUM</b><p>Bob,<br>Larger 300dpi scan sent to your e-m today.<br>Jeff

NE1 got a Charlie Peete pix?
 

Posted By: <b>Ryan Christoff</b><p><img src="http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n148/vajra1/Omaha-CharlesPeete.jpg" alt="[linked image]">

NE1 got a Charlie Peete pix?
 

Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>1956 Omaha Cardinals Picture-Pak! You have the whole set/book Ryan?

NE1 got a Charlie Peete pix?
 

Posted By: <b>Bob Lemke</b><p>Jeff, thanks for sending the scan.<br><br>Ryan, thanks also for posting your picture from the picture pak. It's too bad the profile would look out of place on a 1956 Topps-style presentation. I may give it a try, though. <br><br>I'll be sure to post the results of my card-creation attempt in a couple of weeks.

NE1 got a Charlie Peete pix?
 

Posted By: <b>Jodi Birkholm</b><p>Actually, Ryan's is the clearest photo of the few I've seen. Might I suggest that you reverse the image for the card? I think it would look better that way.

NE1 got a Charlie Peete pix?
 

Posted By: <b>Bob Lemke</b><p>The problem with using a profile for the portrait portion of a 1956-style card is that all of the portraits in 1954-56 Topps are straight-on, full-face photos. A profile would look out of place. I still may give it a try, however, just to see how it looks.