Ode to Pre-War Football Cardboard

[Il Padrino]

1890's / turn of the century - small (close to CDV sized) cabinet photo of 2 players of the Empire AC Football team (pro/semipro team of NY) - Great batwing noseguard and melon football shown.

[Il Padrino]

1889 N165 Old Judge Football - one of the first football cards



1894 Mayo Cut Plug (N302) A.M. Beale



1925 Ya-Lo Board Game (Offense and Defense)



1915 Hinds Cream Stamp

[Il Padrino]

1909 Canton Ohio Football Player



1910 RPPC (Ralph Olmsted) South Dakota

[cmoore330]

Nice stuff, Dan! I've seen a few of those before...

[jefferyepayne]

Nice pickups, Dan! I really like that Canton player. Have you been able to find any information on him?

jeff

[Il Padrino]

Originally Posted by cmoore330

Nice stuff, Dan! I've seen a few of those before...

I wonder why... what's it been 4 or 5 years now? I was on a war path back then and buying everything I could get my hands on.

Originally Posted by jefferyepayne

Nice pickups, Dan! I really like that Canton player. Have you been able to find any information on him?

jeff

No not yet - I'm going to dig it out this evening and take a closer look and check in to it further.

[jefferyepayne]

Posted this in the BST Auctions Winnings thread too. This is a big one!



jeff