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Throughout this site, we're enlisting the aid of visitors to identify previously uncataloged baseball cards, photograph subjects and players. When you see this symbol next to an item -- -- help is needed. If you have any information about the object featured, such as manufacturer, date of issue, player(s) depicted, etc., simply click on this symbol and enlighten us!
NEW PLAYER POSTCARD GALLERIES
Dozens and dozens of new player postcards have been added, spanning the years 1900 to 1955. Galleries have been posted for such seminal issues as Rose Postcard Co., HM Taylor, Dietsche, Wolverine News, Morgan Stationery, 1908 Team Cards, Berger Postal Folders and more!
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FAVORITE FINDS!
VintageBall is pleased to unveil three installments of a new column, featuring stories from collectors about their all-time favorite finds...in attics and basements across the country.
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Hal Chase
A Prince Among Con Men
From 1904 to 1919 Harold W. Chase was considered the best first basemen to play the game...also the most crooked, and perhaps the most fascinating.
Check out our Chase galleries!
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UNIDENTIFIED ITEMS SHOWCASE
A showcase of collectibles in need of identification, selected from the wide array of ephemera appearing on this site. Users can help solve these mysteries via a simple form and can even submit their own items, as well.
A VISITOR'S TALE
One anonymous VintageBall visitor has identified a particularly obscure 'Real Photo' postcard showcased on our site. His is an interesting tale:
"This team [depicted on the postcard, above] was one of the teams sponsored by the Henry Clay Frick Coal and Coke Company. Although any man could try out for the teams, most of the men were coal miners. I was told by my grandfather that good players were given time off, with pay, for practice and games.
I have a similar picture which was taken circa 1912. The uniforms in [VintageBall's] picture are the same as those in mine. In addition, the building in the background is the same. In addition to Henry Seighman, the coach/manager sixth from the left in the back row is also in my picture.
Henry Seighman (1887-1939), my great uncle, is pictured second from right in the back row of [VintageBall's] picture. In the approximate years these pictures were taken, Henry was working in the mines in Bridgeport, PA. Therefore, the team pictured was made up of miners from the mines around the village of Bridgeport, Mount Pleasant Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA."
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