1908 chicago cubs team panoramic photo poster

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1908 Chicago Cubs Team Panoramic Photo Poster


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High rarity panoramic display, issued in honor of the Chicago Cubs 1908 World
Championship season, features a large photo of a game in progress, & above a
display of twenty two images of members of the 1908 Chicago Cubs. President
Charles Murphy, Secretary Charles Thomas & treasurer Charles Williams are
featured on the right and left borders of the photo. An illustration of an
upright bear on the right side of panorama completes the illustration. The piece
measures over three feet in length, (39 inches) & was taken by photographer
Robert Hall & probably depicts the 1908 World Series, considering the
overflow crowd seated in the outfield. Included among the photos are legendary
players Mordecai Brown, Orval Overall, Ed Reulbach, Frank Schulte, Pat Moran,
John Pfeister, Harry Steinfeldt, Jim Slagle, Jim Sheckard & Carl Lundgren.
The display was originally issued by E.T. Johnson & Co., who published the
clubs official scorecards & was produced immediately after the 1908 World
Series. The fully captioned title reads: “A Yard of the National Game, Home of
the Record Breaking Cubs, Thrice Champions of the National League 1906, 1907,
1908 – 1907 = Champions of the World =1908. A 1908 copyright appears below the
central photo. This is one of several “A Yard of the National Game” prints
produced to honor the Cubs between the years 1907 & 1910, which each year’s
version featuring a similar design but different photos and captions. This piece
features some tears as well as staining & has additional Chicago Cubs
ephemera attached. All of “The National Game” panoramas are highly desired and
sell on average between $1,500 & $3,000 but there is one special thing about
this piece that makes it even rarer. Someone who actually attended the World
Series has written some information about the games on the piece itself, some of
which is featured in the pictures. This person talks about the first Cub ball
park on Harrison and Loomis streets & how much it cost to attend the games,
25 cents for bleacher seats, $1.20 for box seats. Also references the “standing
room crowds”, where the Cub’s benches were & when Wrigley field opened in
1916. This panorama is affixed to a wooden plaque & writing is also on the
back of the wood itself. Not only is this a highly desirable piece of baseball
history but a piece of folk art as well. Considering offers for this piece.


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