NE1 got a Charlie Peete pix?

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Posted By: Bob Lemke

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.

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 "Picture-Pak" 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.

If you can help, I'll send you a couple of cards when they're completed.

Thanks much!

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Posted By: Jodi Birkholm

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:

Bill McAfee
Irv Medlinger
Nestor Chavez
Jim Hardin

There are a couple of others if memory serves corrrect--just can't think of them right now.

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Posted By: JDRUM

Bob,
I don't know if this will help but it is him.
Jeff

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Posted By: Jodi Birkholm

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!

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Posted By: Bob Lemke

Thanks for the quick responses.

Jeff, that picture would work great. Could I prevail on you to scan just the photo at 300 dpi?

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.

You can either post them here or e-mail to me at crystalsdad1979@yahoo.com.
If you'll both include your mailing addresses, I'll see that you get examples of the finished card.

Bob

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Posted By: JDRUM

Will do. I'll send a scan over sometime tonite or tomorrow depending on when my son decides to go to sleep. Jeff

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

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Posted By: Bob Lemke

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.

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Posted By: Rich Klein

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.

Regards
Rich

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Posted By: JDRUM

Bob,
Larger 300dpi scan sent to your e-m today.
Jeff

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Posted By: Ryan Christoff

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

1956 Omaha Cardinals Picture-Pak! You have the whole set/book Ryan?

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Posted By: Bob Lemke

Jeff, thanks for sending the scan.

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.

I'll be sure to post the results of my card-creation attempt in a couple of weeks.

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Posted By: Jodi Birkholm

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.

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Posted By: Bob Lemke

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.