Joe Jackson’s Insanely Scarce Cards / Photos / Items

[BeanTown]

Friendly bump here with the 1918 White Sox team post card, that has a 1918 postmark w/ stamp on the back. Looks like Joe has a nice tan.

[Lorewalker]

Amazing pieces in your collection!

[Baseball Rarities]

Originally Posted by BeanTown

Friendly bump here with the 1918 White Sox team post card, that has a 1918 postmark w/ stamp on the back. Looks like Joe has a nice tan.

JC - Great postcard. Any chance that it is from 1917, picturing their World Championship team and the postcard happened to be mailed in 1918? I wonder if any of the pictured players can date it to a specific year.

It looks like Jackson is wearing a different uniform than all the others.

[BeanTown]

Originally Posted by Baseball Rarities

JC - Great postcard. Any chance that it is from 1917, picturing their World Championship team and the postcard happened to be mailed in 1918? I wonder if any of the pictured players can date it to a specific year.

It looks like Jackson is wearing a different uniform than all the others.

As usual, you are totally correct Kevin. When I posted this originally, I didn’t study the card much and assumed. With a mailing date of May 1918 it would totally make sense it’s 1917. Interesting Joe is in a plain jersey and looks like he just got back from the beach.

[Lorewalker]

Here https://postimg.cc/RJMvgjL4 is a photo that was used for the postcard. Looks like the same jersey, to me, sans the Sox. So Joe went shoeless and soxless, at points in his career. At first I thought it was obscured but does not appear so.

[Yoda]

That postcard of the Sox is great. I was struck how virtually everyone in the photo is smiling and looks happy except Chick Gandel who may be plotting something for the future. He really looks like a mean hombre.

[rickalaska]

An amazing resemblance between Joe Jackson and the player sitting in the rear of the vehicle - not to mention, the irony of the team being from "Greenville."

The RPPC is postmarked 1 Aug 1909 from Greenville, Georgia - everyone knows, Jackson played for Greenville, South Carolina - however, he was living in Savannah, Georgia at the time this card was postmarked.

The only difference I can really see is the length of the sideburns... Other than that, his build and all facial features are very similar...

[Peter_Spaeth]

I know we've analyzed this one before. It is a weird coincidence.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by BeanTown

Friendly bump here with the 1918 White Sox team post card, that has a 1918 postmark w/ stamp on the back. Looks like Joe has a nice tan.

Great postcard

[TUM301]

Great postcard Jay, amazing. Being a huge Jackson fan really been enjoying this ongoing thread, keep them coming. Anyway, love historic pieces especially tied to a precise moment. August 1`st 1920 less than 2 months away from Joe being banished and Babe`s 1`st season with N Y. Overflow crowd to see these 2 greats going at it, so much so, there`s 15 feet of spectators standing across the outfield roped off from players. Babe hits a shot into left, Jackson basically disappears into said crowd then reappears with the ball. Babe called out and of course blows a gasket. Enclosed is the game`s program, interestingly Ruth scored as 0 for 4, and the protest letter NY sent to league president Ban Johnson. If you`d like to read details, really cool about the play, tap the letter to super impose.
August 1`st 1920 White Sox/Yanks Scorecard. by Hugh Murphy, on Flickr
August 3`rd 1920, NYY Official Game "Protest Letter" Page 1 by Hugh Murphy, on Flickr