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 oriole window on the ticket booth. Also note the statues on top of the ticket booth.
For a look at all of the Schumann Chicago stadium postcards see here: <<Schumann Chicago stadiums>>
RPPC of Home Run Baker holding his lethal bat. While the postcard is trimmed, it features all of the actual image as the photographer chose an oval crop for the image itself.
Rare 1910 H.C. Hubel real photo postcard depicting Ralph Works. Hubel was a Michigan photographer who produced wonderful RPPCs in which he would transpose images onto a different background, such as this giant player towering over buildings and people. One of the earliest versions of…
This image of Clarke was taken by William Vander Weyde in circa 1903. It is shown in the Eastman Museum online collection of Weyde negatives. This print was also used to create this 1907 postcard of Clarke. The image was also used on this September…