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Merkle923 · 07-29-2015, 11:31 PM

Back into MY vault and one of my favorite items: a hand-finished album of postcards of the 1909 Washington Senators by the Barr-Farnham Post Card company, and complete with (as you see below) the business card of Mr. Barr himself.

These were photographed in April, 1909, at the Senators' home field, the creatively-named American League Park, which had for a few seasons been known as...Nationals Park.

The images aren't spectacular individually but as you'll see as I post them, they make quite a collection, especially when glued one-to-a-page against the black-paged album.

Our first player is Charlie Smith, a Cleveland righty who broke in with his hometown team in the American League's second season. Like almost everybody to pitch for the early Washington clubs, he lost 20 games one season, but had a good albeit brief run with the Red Sox, 1909-11.

07-29-2015, 11:31 PM	#25785
Merkle923 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 2,210	Charlie Smith 1902 Back into MY vault and one of my favorite items: a hand-finished album of postcards of the 1909 Washington Senators by the Barr-Farnham Post Card company, and complete with (as you see below) the business card of Mr. Barr himself. These were photographed in April, 1909, at the Senators' home field, the creatively-named American League Park, which had for a few seasons been known as...Nationals Park. The images aren't spectacular individually but as you'll see as I post them, they make quite a collection, especially when glued one-to-a-page against the black-paged album. Our first player is Charlie Smith, a Cleveland righty who broke in with his hometown team in the American League's second season. Like almost everybody to pitch for the early Washington clubs, he lost 20 games one season, but had a good albeit brief run with the Red Sox, 1909-11. Last edited by Merkle923; 08-02-2017 at 12:24 AM.