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A few days ago, we were discussing various postcards issued by people like JD McCarthy, Mel Bailey and Don Wingfield. You can add James Elder to that list. He was from Florida did a set of 1400 postcards that he sold individually and as sets. I believe he even offered them to players to use for autograph requests, although I don't have any that have gone through the mail. Here's an older post that talks a little about James Elder.
https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=234476 There are 30 or 31 Orioles depending on your definition. One player, Frank Sigafoos, appears in a Baltimore Oriole uniform while they were a minor league team before 1954. It's an interesting mix of players & coaches. Most are them are not household names. In my opinion, the postcards are very well done and can easily be identified by the numbers stamped on back. I've been trying to complete the set of 30 Orioles for many years and still need four. I think I've only added one new postcard to the set in five years. They don't seem to show up that often, but still can be had in the $20 range when available. Here's the checklist of Orioles along with the postcards in my collection #552 Luke Appling #558 Clint Courtney #562 Walt Dropo #575 Fred Hofmann #576 Stan Hollmig #578 Dick Hyde #588 Hobie Landrith #591 Dick Luebke #593 Frank McGowan #598 Al Pilarcik #604 Art Quirk #606 Earl Robinson #610 Carl Scheib #619 Al Smith #621 Jim Snyder #625 George Staller #632 Willie Tasby #635 Bobby Thomson #638 Marv Throneberry (NEED) #640 Gus Triandos #677 Billy Hitchcock (NEED) #678 Gene Stephens #679 Albie Pearson #680 Del Rice #681 Paul Richards (NEED) #854 Jim Gentile #1066 Lou Jackson #1069 Carl Warwick #1149 Vic Roznovsky #1297 Billy Short #1368 Frank Sigafoos (Minor League Orioles) James Elder 01.JPG James Elder 02.JPG James Elder 03.JPG James Elder 04.JPG James Elder 05.JPG James Elder 06.JPG James Elder 07.JPG James Elder 08.JPG Backs of the postcards SCAN8583.JPG James Elder Postcards I still need 105369-15195694Fr.jpg 105369-15195733Fr.jpg 105369-15195737Fr.jpg 105369-15196353Fr.jpg |
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I’ve never seen these before. Thanks for sharing these. |
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Day 170 (June 18, 2020 – 170)
A 1962 Jays Publishing photo of Brooks Robinson. The Jays typically, but not always, had the city and team name listed beside the player name. Day 170 a Picture 1962 Jay Publishing.jpg Day 170 b Picture 1962 Jay Publishing signed.jpg |
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Brook Treakle was another photographer along the same lines as Mel Bailey and JD McCarthy, that took a lot of baseball photos and ended up producing postcards. My research shows he did MLB players, but much of his work involved the minor leagues. He was from the Virginia area.
Here's a post from Exhibitman from April 2019 "I've been doing some research over the past two years on these postcards. The photographer's name is Brook Treakle. He passed away in 1991, but he took a lot of photographs for the Peninsula Pilots in the Carolina League; in fact, his photographs were used for the two 1980 TCMA Peninsula Pilots sets with Julio Franco. ... Treakle's trademark is his immaculate hand-printing on the backs of the cards. When he passed away, his mother sold his collection. It was broken-down into three groups: photo postcards, negatives, and autographs. A lot of the autographed items have appeared on eBay. I found out the two collectors who purchased the negatives and the postcards. I don't know what quantities he produced the postcards in, but I have to believe it couldn't be more than a handful. He also took pictures of photographs in books and made postcards out of them, He referred to them as "photo negatives." Years ago I picked up a couple groups of his photos that included B&W postcards (with postcard backs), postcard sized color photos and some larger 4x6 color photos. All of the photos were Rochester Red Wings from the late 70's through mid 80's. Photos included posed and action shots. Here are some samples Orlando Sanchez, Larry Sheets, Billy Ripken and Willie Royster SCAN8585.jpg Dallas Williams (twice), Steve Luebber and Jeff Youngbauer SCAN8587.jpg Example of the handwriting on the back SCAN8586.JPG |
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That photo pf the Bill Ripken Rochester postcard matches the color photo I posted back in #1494
Here is a what I believe to be a Treakle postcard of Bill taken during his time in Hagerstown: ![]() ![]() and the Cal Ripken Jr. one: ![]() ![]() Last edited by roarfrom34; 06-18-2020 at 07:59 AM. |
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Very cool postcards! |
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Day 171 (June 19, 2020 – 171)
On June 19, 1955 the Norfolk Tars of the Piedmont League played the York White Roses in a doubleheader. Shown below is the program from the game, Miller High Life insert showing both the Norfolk and York rosters as well as a newspaper cutout of the box score. Day 171 a 1955 Norfolk Tars Score Book.jpg Day 171 b 1955 Norfolk vs. York insert.jpg Day 171 c 1955 Norfolk vs. York.jpg |
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Finally got this pin. Used to see them every so often but once I decided I wanted one they disappeared. So one pops up on eBay and I bid way too much and still lose. Right after another pops up and I was able to snag it for a much better price. Probably still too much but I’m happy with it.
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congrats Clint!
Pin looks great |
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