ca. 1909 Obak Postcard.....and thread

[toppcat]

Is that addressed to Warren Bowman's father?

[wonkaticket]

Lame idea Leon only a fool would want to collect that subset...



Cheers,

John

[Ease]

Really cool stuff guys.

[E93]

Leon and John,
Those are awesome!
JimB

[benderbroeth]

the funny thing is i want to see the fronts of those cards lol

[Anthony S.]

There used to be a very informative website called vintagecardboard.com that covered all things Obaks. Unfortunately, it no longer exists, but I was able to run a web archive search and come up with vintagecardboard's listings of which 1910 Obaks came with which backs. The link takes a couple seconds to load, so don't be deterred by the wayback machine beta page that initially shows up.

http://web.archive.org/web/200811211.../ref_obkbk.htm

[bh3443]

I just used the Way Back machine to see the site Anthony recommended. Wow!
I was looking at the Tacoma Giants stats part which are no longer available.
My question for you PCL experts and fans is about Earl Anthony the Pro Bowler.
He was a player in the PCL that did not make it too long, and turned to the Pro Bowling route.
I was wondering if anyone recalls seeing him on a card or in a program?
Any info would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Bill Hedin

[canjond]

John/Leon... maybe I'm seeing things, but there almost looks to be a variation on the backs. In Leon's scan, one back appears to say "For Exacting Smokers" (with both an initial and end quote). On John's scan, his comparative back seems to say For Exacting Smokers" (with only an end quote).

[Leon]

Originally Posted by canjond

John/Leon... maybe I'm seeing things, but there almost looks to be a variation on the backs. In Leon's scan, one back appears to say "For Exacting Smokers" (with both an initial and end quote). On John's scan, his comparative back seems to say For Exacting Smokers" (with only an end quote).

So my group is very "collector" grade and there very well might be some paper loss on that card. I will get it out later this evening and check. John's backs are much nicer and look freaking awesome. Mine were "well" played with. But then too, the way my guy priced them to me was....small cards = $20 each. Large cards $60 each.....and 5 different Weavers at $600 each....Here is one of the Weavers...


ps...Dave- no idea on if that card is addressed to whom you asked about....it is as can be seen and I sort of doubt much more is known about it.