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Paul C.Thanks to email correspondence with several board members I've been able to obtain several card scans of my great-great grandfather, James H. O'Rourke. My goal is to collect an image of every one of his individual and team cards, but I'm currently stumped on a few. I'm hoping the net54 community can help me locate a scan of the following cards:
1. N175 Gypsy Queen, Catch, hands chest high
2. N173 Throw, R/hand head high
3. N172 Bat at ready, looking at camera, "3d B., New Yorks" (as opposed to the more common 'N.Y.' )
And maybe the most difficult of all, these three O'Rourke cards are listed in the SCBC:
4. H812 1886 New York Baseball Club
5. H812 1886 W.H. Sanders New York Baseball Club
6. H812 1886 Welton Cigars N.Y. Giants
James H's team photos needed:
1880 Boston (brothers James and John played on the same team)
1881 Buffalo Bisons
1883 Buffalo Bisons
1884 Buffalo Bisons
1886 NY Giants, J. Wood Cabinet with players wearing hats
1887 NY Giants
1893 Washington Senators
James H's brother John played one year in NY:
1883 NY Metropolitans team photo needed
James H's son, James 'Queenie' O'Rourke:
1908 NY A.L., Sporting Life team composite
(or any photo of him as a 1908 Highlander. He only played from 8-15-1908 to 10-8-1908.)
1911 T5 Pinkerton needed
A very big thanks to the following for their help so far:
1. Brad Green introduced me to Net54
2. Gary Passamonte provided great photo of early 1870s Boston team
3. Jay Miller provided N167 & N173 scans
4. Rhett Yeakley E270 Tin Top of Queenie O'Rourke
5. Rhys Yeakley 1906 cabinet of father & son O'Rourke on same team
6. Mark Rucker many nice items
7. Patrick Preece a few rare ones
8. Jerry Spillman 1893 currency with O'Rourke
9. And thanks to all who have helped in this endeavor!