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.
Christy Mathewson shown in his 1913-1914 World Tour sweater. This photo was likely taken in Marlin Springs, Texas during Spring Training 1914. The postcard was addressed to, and owned by, Mathewson himself. It was sent to him c/o the Giants at the Polo Grounds by…
Future Major Leaguer Pat Ragan is shown in his Cornell College uniform circa 1905. The Cornell College yearbook featured a team photo that shows Ragan in the same uniform, front row right. Ragan threw an “Immaculate Inning”, a nine pitch all strikeout inning in 1914…
A.J. Schumann, a Chicago photographer issued a eight real photo postcard set of Chicago baseball stadiums in 1908. This shot shows the ornate main entrance in 1908, the first year the Cubs were formally known as the “Cubs”. Note the cub figures holding up the…