Jimmie Foxx Postcards...what exactly are these?

Kzoo · #1 02-19-2012, 03:18 PM

I picked these up about 5 years ago at an estate auction in mid-Michigan. There were not any other postcards offered in that sale. I have always wondered how they were distributed, their history, why the same player would have a slightly different image, if there were 'others', etc. Thanks for the initial responses.

Matt

slidekellyslide · #2 02-19-2012, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Kzoo

I picked these up about 5 years ago at an estate auction in mid-Michigan. There were not any other postcards offered in that sale. I have always wondered how they were distributed, their history, why the same player would have a slightly different image, if there were 'others', etc. Thanks for the initial responses.

Matt

Well, I'm not sure I've seen a Burke postcard before...he used to do photos on postcard sized paper, but with a blank back. Jim Rowe in the 1960s distributed thousands upon thousands of Burke's images on Kodak postcards. Yours are AZO backs dating from 1927 to 1940 which is a really good thing.

Runscott · #3 02-19-2012, 04:36 PM

I currently have these two post-card sized RDM-stamped Burkes. They are the only two I've seen - never one with the actual postcard back. Both are of Tony Lupien ('43 Red Sox, '44 Phillies). My guess is that, when ordering, the players could have chosen the postcard back.

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