This uncommon vintage real photo postcard features a women’s lacrosse team. The women are wearing uniforms. The uniforms have badges and are designed with skirts and caps. The women are holding wooden lacrosse sticks. The lacrosse team portrait is in very good condition (see scans).
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This cabinet card is a portrait of a young rugby player. He is wearing padded pants but no other equipment. The photographer is W. Frances Grubb (1864-1938). Grubb was an active photographer in the suburban Philadelphia area. He operated from his West Chester, Pennsylvania studio (25 N. High Street). He worked out of this studio between 1886 and 1898. This photograph is in good condition (See Scans).
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This exhibit card features Hall of Fame baseball star, Luke Appling (1907-1991). This is an exhibit card and not a postcard. Appling played his entire career with the Chicago White Sox (1930-1950). He played shortstop. After retiring from being a player he served as a minor league manager and major league coach. During his playing career, he had nine straight .300 seasons. In 1936, he hit .388, had 124 RBI’s, and 111 runs. His batting average earned him the American League batting title. He had a career .310 batting average. Appling was an all-star for seven years. In 1970, he was voted the best White Sox player of all time by Chicago area baseball writers. This baseball exhibit card is in fair condition. Note corner wear and minor creases (See Scans). (SOLD)
This vintage real photo postcard features four American track stars at the 1924 Olympics in Paris, France. Pictured are Jackson Scholz, Charles Paddock, Emerson Carlysle Norton, and George Hill. Jackson Scholz (1897-1986) was a sprinter. He was the first person to appear in sprint finals in three different Olympic games. He won two gold medals including one in 1924 (200m). He was depicted by actor Brad Davis in the movie “Chariots of Fire” (1981). After his retirement from track, he became a successful writer. Charles Paddock (1900-1943) fought in World War I and then ran track at USC. In the 1920 Olympics, he won a gold medal (100 m) and a silver medal (200 m). In 1924, he once again won a silver medal (200 m). Like Scholz, Paddock was also portrayed in “Chariots of Fire”. Paddock competed in the 1928 Olympics, but won no medals. After the Olympics, Paddock had management positions in Newspaper publishing. In 1926, he appeared in a silent film, “The Campus Flirt” with pretty Paramount starlet, Bebe Daniels. During World War II, Paddock died in an Alaskan plane crash with Major General William Upshur. Paddock, who was a Captain, served on the General’s staff. Paddock was inducted into track’s hall of fame in 1976. Emerson Carlysle Norton (1900-1986) competed in the decathalon. In the 1924 Olympics, he won the silver medal in that event. George Hill (1901-1992) was a sprinter and he competed in the 200 m and finished fourth. A year later, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with an economics degree. This postcard was published by Alfred Noyer as part of a series (No.394). SOLD
This vintage photograph features a pretty young Vietnamese woman wearing boxing gloves and in a boxing stance. This young woman may actually be in her teenage years. I wonder is she is really a boxer or if she was just posing as one. There is an inscription on the reverse of the photograph. I believe the notation is written in French. There is a stamp imprinted on the card revealing that the image was taken at the Minj studio in Saigon. (SOLD)
This vintage real photo postcard features French track sprinter, Maurice Degrelle (1901-1987). The track star competed at the 1924 (Paris) and 1928 (Amsterdam) Summer Olympic Games. In 1924, Degrelle competed in the 100 meters, 200 meters and the 4 x 100 meter relay events. In 1928, he competed in both the 200 meter and the 4 x 100 meter relays. The postcard was published by Alfred Noyer as part of a series (No.134). SOLD
This carte de visite portrait features a football player who played on the 1913 team of St. Paul’s school. The school was located in Concord, New Hampshire.The player is identified on the reverse of the image as “Oly Goodrich”. He was the center of the team. The inscription on the reverse of the image also reports that St. Paul’s beat Trinity with a game score of 13 to 0. This photograph was taken by W.G.C. Kimball (1843-1916) or Howard A. Kimball (1865-1929). In fact the Kimball clan produced several more photographers in the area. The Kimball studio was located in Concord, New Hampshire. This cdv photograph is signed by Oly Goodrich. St. Paul’s School (SPS) is a very selective college prep boarding school. It is considered one of the finest boarding schools in the US. The school was founded in 1856 to educate boys from Upper-class families. It later admitted girls and a more diverse student population. The school exists today and has about 530 students. SOLD
This vintage photograph (lithograph) features a look at race cars “the checkered flag of victory” at the Indianapolis 500 speedway. This image is part of a series (no.P7). This photo was taken by Chas J. Bell from Tower Studios. He was the official race photographer. (SOLD)
This uncommon vintage real photo postcard features a Greco – Roman wrestler, Maurice Gambier. He looks like an old school UFC fighter. Actually, Gambier, of Bordeaux, France, won the first ever Greco – Roman world championship. The year was 1897 and the venue of the tournament was the Cirque Royale in Brussels, Belgium. This portrait postcard was photographed by Lucien Walery. He was a celebrated Paris photographer known for his portraits of artists and cabaret dancers from the city’s music halls. He is very well known for his portraits of Mata Hari and Josephine Baker. Walery did a lot of work in the genre of nude/erotic photography. He photographed the beautiful women of Paris between the early 1900’s and the 1920’s. This postcard is of French origin. The card has excellent clarity and is in excellent condition (see scans).
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This vintage photograph (lithograph) features a look at racecar driver, AB Jenkins and the Mormon Meteor. In the 1930’s, Ab Jenkins built three successive versions of the Mormon Meteor. The cars were built to break land speed records. Jenkins worked in conjunction with August Duesenberg to build the car. The automobile was powered by a modified Curtis Aircraft engine. Jenkins began breaking speed records in 1936. In 1937, he set a 24 hour record with an average of 157 mph. Interestingly, Ab Jenkins went on to become the Mayor of Salt Lake City (1940-1944). This image is part of a series (no.P8). The official race photographer was Chas J. Bell from Tower Studios. (SOLD)
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