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04-02-2016, 09:45 PM
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Terry-
Here is a link to the Washington State Sports Collectors Asociation website: http://www.wsscaseattle.com The dates for the next show are given as Saturday, June 4 and Sunday, June 5. Not saying your grandfather's cards will turn up but there will be plenty of Obaks and Zeenuts and the like to root through, and there will be people who know a lot about old-time West Coast baseball (and who would be pleased to meet the grandson of an old PCLer). I did a little clumsy googling and turned up these photos of the 1914 and 1915 Seattle Giants. The players aren't identified but maybe you can spot GrandDad. Copies can be ordered from the Seattle Museum of History & Industry. Contact info is on the webpage. http://digitalcollections.lib.washin...smohai/id/6292 http://digitalcollections.lib.washin...smohai/id/5153 1914 Seattle  1915 Seattle 
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04-02-2016, 10:44 PM
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Wow!
David, I'm in a state of shock! "clumbsy googleing"! I need to get to that level! In the 1914 team photo I'm quite sure that my grandfather is standing behind (right side) of owner Dugdale. In the 1915 photo it is positively him standing back row second from left. I will dig up the captions, maybe from the MOHAI.
My mother is still living (90) so I will get these two and show her, she'll be ecstatic. I'm guessing there may be some cards from these two teams around somewhere. I will for sure go to the card show in June, will be fun. To say thanks would be an understatement. Best Regards, Terry
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04-03-2016, 12:40 AM
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Terry-
There's no telling what else is out there. Al Bonner played for a lot of clubs across the country and there are likely team photos and post cards for other squads besides Seattle. Just have to dig. Google is your friend. Always fun rummaging through baseball history. Have a look at the rosters at bbref.com for each of the teams he was on. He played with Casey Stengel at Montgomery in 1912. That is seriously cool. He played under Iron Man McGinnity at Butte in 1917. He rubbed shoulders with a whole mess of Zeenutters and Obakers who are almost like part of the gang here at Net54. He put up pretty decent numbers too. I take it he was your mother's father. Looks like he was out of baseball not long after she was born but I bet she heard great stories growing up. David McD.
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04-03-2016, 08:17 AM
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This was moved from the BST to give Terry (hi Terry) a little more help and eyes on the question.
And thanks to David *(hey David) for his fine help so far.......
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Leon Luckey www.luckeycards.com
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04-03-2016, 11:12 AM
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Terry..I have three Obaks of your grandfather in stock. You can email me at the address below, and I would recommend stopping by the Shoreline show in June. There is a good concentration of Northwest baseball buffs in attendance, and minimally they know how to pronounce Spokane,
 Mark....mark_macrae@comcast.net
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04-03-2016, 12:58 PM
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Good move, Leon, to bring this to the main board so the likes of Mssrs. M, E & Y can weigh in. Terry: Mark is one of the "walking encyclopedias" I alluded to. If they gave PhDs for Pacific Coast baseball we'd be calling him Dr Macrae. Always a pleasure to be on the receiving end of one of his PCL discourses.
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04-03-2016, 05:26 PM
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Al Bonner Obak Cards
Dave, Leon & Mark thank you so much for helping me on my quest to locate cards and other information about my grandfather. I only discovered net54 a few days ago and have been amazed at how much knowledge you and the other members have. Everybody has been great. Initially my goal was to just obtain any cards of my grandfather that I might be able to locate. But now I've been bitten by the bug and think I will try and collect all of the cards of his first team the 1910 Spokane Indians. Maybe I'm being unrealistic but it should be fun trying!
Terry
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