Dear Mr. Barker - E.C.Wharton-Tigar 1962 and on.....

[teetwoohsix]

Thanks for posting these letters Leon, awesome glimpse into the past! Very dedicated hobby pioneers. Amazing!

Sincerely, Clayton

[Leon]

Here are a few more...one was previously shown but fits into the subject matter and I want this to be complete of what there is in the small collection. After all is said and done we will put it over in the archive section.

[Joe_G.]

Thank you Leon for sharing with the Forum!

[RCMcKenzie]

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Thanks for posting the hobby historical correspondences, Leon. It's always fun to read how they did this back in the day. I've posted this card before, but this is one of my favorite cards from a Lew Lipset ebay auction years ago. I'm surprised more Barker n172's don't surface, or maybe he did not stamp many that he once had in his collection.

[E93]

THis is great stuff! Thank you for sharing Leon!
JimB

[barrysloate]

I've seen Burdick's collection of Old Judges at the Met on a few occasions, and it is quite impressive. There are well over 1000 poses, maybe closer to 1500, including one of the four known Ansons in Uniform. It would be fun to see them again, with the benefit of the Old Judge book as a reference.

[Leon]

Here is one of the lists (the cover of the book) EC Wharton Tigar mentioned. It is a large with about 80ish legal size pages of lists in it. Also, some more letters from him to Buck...