1950’s Schaefer Beer Bar Room Ad
Brooklyn Dodgers Good Luck Girl
1940’s WEAF (NBC) Babe Ruth Baseball Club Card
Given to the kids who were present for a studio broadcast of the “Babe Ruth In Person” radio program.
1962 Canadian Post Grape-Nuts Cereal Box
Free Baseball Trading Cards (cartes de baseball gratuites à échanger)
1962 M&M Boys ‘Bobbin’ Head Dolls’ Promo Pictures
Of course, the M&M Boys were Roger Maris & Mickey Mantle.
1933 Goudey Baseball Card Candy Store Poster
New Pictures With Big League Chewing Gum Including Babe Ruth
1909 Pittsburg Pirates Team Poster
Did you know that “Pittsburgh” officially dropped the “h” at the end of the city name from 1890-1911! In 1890, President Benjamin Harrison established the U.S. Board on Geographic Names in order to establish order in the naming of cities, towns, lakes etc. One of their first orders of business was that all cities and towns that ended in “-burgh” had to drop the h. The board finally relented and allowed the “h” back in Pittsburgh in 1911.
Babe Ruth cover of ‘Baseball Magazine’ - December 1923
“Babe Ruth Unanimously Voted The Most Valuable Star Of The American League”
Funny how they called it “The Most Valuable Star” and not the “Most Valuable Player”. Babe received all eight 1st place votes. Here’s how the voting broke down: 1923 MVP Voting
