Let's see some postcards

[Casey2296]

Here's another fun photo.
Canton’s first letter carriers with Postmaster Augustus Vignos, 1882. Front, from left: James C. Shoop, John Ryan. Standing: Alvin Hurford, David Pletcher, Randolph G. Garber, Augustus Vignos. Boy on the porch is Ralph Shoop. Courtesy McKinley Presidential Library & Museum, Canton, OH

Cleraly Vignos & Hurford were close. Also a 1903 photo taken in front of the post office where they worked together. May have even been taken by them. Photos are not mine.
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[rainier2004]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Here's another fun photo.
Canton’s first letter carriers with Postmaster Augustus Vignos, 1882. Front, from left: James C. Shoop, John Ryan. Standing: Alvin Hurford, David Pletcher, Randolph G. Garber, Augustus Vignos. Boy on the porch is Ralph Shoop. Courtesy McKinley Presidential Library & Museum, Canton, OH

Cleraly Vignos & Hurford were close. Also a 1903 photo taken in front of the post office where they worked together. May have even been taken by them. Photos are not mine.
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Vignos and Hurford started their photo business together by this point I believe.

Interesting way to take the picture so it blocks Vignos missing limb he lost in the war.

[Frankish]

Wow. Some of those postcards are AMAZING.

My own contribution is very modest. Card of a baseball game in Osaka from 1913 or earlier.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by rainier2004

Vignos and Hurford started their photo business together by this point I believe.

Interesting way to take the picture so it blocks Vignos missing limb he lost in the war.

Vignos founded Novelty Cutlery in 1879 so I think there is some crossover there.

Great Osaka postcard Frankish.

[rickalaska]

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[robertsmithnocure]

Originally Posted by rickalaska

1909 Hopkins Bros. Postcard w/ JL Wilkerson (HOF) - Considered JL Wilkerson's (HOF) rookie card, the hobby has always dated this postcard as "1910" - this example is clearly postmarked "23 Nov 1909"

Cool team postcard. Not a big deal, but J L Wilkinson is name of the person who started this team, not Wilkerson. The team was definitely around in 1909 and did not last for very long, so I always assumed that it was a 1909 postcard, no matter what SGC calls them.

[rickalaska]

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[h2oya311]

Also, as has been mentioned more times than I can count, it’s not actually JL Wilkinson on that team postcard. He has a hat that looks just like JLs, but a hat isn’t going to help with IDing the manager of that Hopkins Bros team. Yes, SGC got it wrong. I think the misinformation, interestingly enough, originated from a board member. It’s amazing how things like this get perpetuated and turn into “fact”.