Double panel postcard issued after the Philadelphia A’s had won their American League championship just prior to their ultimate victory in the 1911 World Series against the New York Giants. The team is wearing their famous elephant sweaters.
Rube Foster, the father of black baseball, formed his American Giants team in 1911. This is one of the earliest images of the team August 1911 at the “Big Days” festival in Fennimore, Wisconsin. Top Row: Bill Pierce, Bill Monroe and ? Middle Row: Andrew…