This postcard depicts players from the Ennis, Texas Minor League team during the 1916 season. The Ennis Tigers played in the Central Texas League a Class D minor league.
The City Hall building, behind the firetruck, was newly constructed in 1915. W.D. Farris, for whom the firetruck was named, was a prominent local citizen.
Circa 1906 RPPC of Jimmy Williams of the New York Highlanders, likely taken during Spring Training as annotated on the back. The RPPC is slightly trimmed, but in no way does this detract from the eye appeal of the image. Early Highlander postcards are incredibly…
Haworth’s, which produced the Jack Lapp and Jack Coombs RPPCs in the Collection in 1911, was a photography store in Philadelphia. This was likely their first foray into baseball postcards. This ad appeared in the August 8, 1909 edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Clearly this…
After the 1913 Major League season, and before they embarked their overseas World Tour in 1913-1914 the New York Giants and Chicago White Sox barnstormed their way across the country for a series of games. This image was taken in Blue Rapids, Kansas on October…