Overland Day: What is it?

FourStrikes · #1 11-29-2009, 05:27 AM

I purchased this batch of vintage photographs (back in the early to mid-1980's) showing festivities prior to the June 23, 1914 Overland Day game at Swane Field (A's vs Cubs).....

each photo measures 4 3/4" x 6 3/4" and is stamped "Received July 9, 1914 H.L. Hooke".....as shown in the scans below, in addition to being stamped each one is also hand numbered...

included in the collection are photographs taken outside the factory (Willys Overland sign can be seen in several), the employees (AND Athletics / Cubs players) parading to the game (holding pennants, etc.), members - including clowns - from the Overland Glee Club, Willys posed with Connie Mack as well as players from both teams, pregame ceremony, a few shots of the fans in the stands, etc.....

I wonder where the "chest of silver" that was presented to Bresnahan (as seen in second scan, with story in third scan)

the last two scans show Willys posed with Bresnahan and Mack during the pregame ceremony...

surprisingly, zero of the photographs I have feature the actual game itself being played...I wonder if the photographer was instructed to "focus" on the Overland festivities and to otherwise disregard the game?????

below are a few examples of the photographs.

UKCardGuy · #2 02-24-2024, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by FourStrikes

I purchased this batch of vintage photographs (back in the early to mid-1980's) showing festivities prior to the June 23, 1914 Overland Day game at Swane Field (A's vs Cubs).....

each photo measures 4 3/4" x 6 3/4" and is stamped "Received July 9, 1914 H.L. Hooke".....as shown in the scans below, in addition to being stamped each one is also hand numbered...

included in the collection are photographs taken outside the factory (Willys Overland sign can be seen in several), the employees (AND Athletics / Cubs players) parading to the game (holding pennants, etc.), members - including clowns - from the Overland Glee Club, Willys posed with Connie Mack as well as players from both teams, pregame ceremony, a few shots of the fans in the stands, etc.....

I wonder where the "chest of silver" that was presented to Bresnahan (as seen in second scan, with story in third scan)

the last two scans show Willys posed with Bresnahan and Mack during the pregame ceremony...

surprisingly, zero of the photographs I have feature the actual game itself being played...I wonder if the photographer was instructed to "focus" on the Overland festivities and to otherwise disregard the game?????

below are a few examples of the photographs.

I know that this is a really old thread, but I picked up a pennant from the 1914 Overland Day game. I was wondering if anyone knows the whereabouts of the photos mentioned by FourStrikes or if any others exist?

perezfan · #3 02-24-2024, 04:21 PM

Gary...

Congrats on your acquisition of this insanely rare Single-Day Event Pennant.

When they talk about "things that could never happen today", there is perhaps no better example than Overland Day. Imaging a company outing that entailed bringing 2 major league teams to your local ballpark, to play an exhibition game solely for the entertainment of a few hundred employees.

Aside from the actual game, Overland employees got to march in procession alongside players like Matty, Bresnahan, Thorpe, Cobb, Crawford, Bender, Plank, Collins and Home Run Baker... on their way from the Overland Factory to Swayne Field. A pretty nice "perk" for the employees, to say the least!

Here are a couple of additional pics, provided to me by my great collector friend Dave E. Looks like they devoted a portion of the grandstand to "the ladies", and even provided many of them with these pennants from the 1915 game. It's pretty crazy that images like this have survived...

UKCardGuy · #4 02-24-2024, 05:15 PM

Thanks Mark. Those are great photos. Do you have hi Res versions of them?

FourStrikes hasn't posted since early 2022. As he had photos and papers related to the 1914 event, I'm wondering if someone is in contact with him or might know the whereabouts of those photos from 1914.

ooo-ribay · #5 02-25-2024, 11:52 AM

Good lord, look at all those pennants among �the ladies.� You�d think more would have survived but seeing as how 28,000 fans attended my Giants first game on the West Coast (1958) and there was a similar �commemorative� pennant which you see about once every ten years, I�m not surprised this pennant is a white whale. You would think less of these �keepsake� pennants would have been thrown away compared to any generic team pennant.

perezfan · #6 02-25-2024, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by UKCardGuy

Thanks Mark. Those are great photos. Do you have hi Res versions of them?

FourStrikes hasn't posted since early 2022. As he had photos and papers related to the 1914 event, I'm wondering if someone is in contact with him or might know the whereabouts of those photos from 1914.

Nope... I posted the only versions I have. Thanks.

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