DATE: 1939 ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 2 Original - Printed from the original negative, but in a later period TEAM: Philadelphia Athletics SUBJECT: Jim Schelle PHOTOGRAPHER: George Burke APPROXIMATE SIZE: 3-1/2"x5-1/2" MARKS / STAMPING: Handwritten identification of photo's subject. Has standard postcard back but remains postally unused. NUMBER OF PHOTOS: 1 COMMENTS / CONDITION: Offered is an approximately 3-1/2"x5-1/2" real photo postcard of Jim Schelle, pictured in his Philadelphia Athletics uniform circa 1939. The original photo was taken by George Burke in 1939, but this card was produced some time later (no earlier than the 1950's judging by the standard Kodak back). Comes from a large collection of such postcards that we will be listing over the coming months, all having standard postcard backs but being postally unused. Wear on these, if any, is mostly confined to minor corner and edge wear, but see scans for further details including condition. We do not deal in stock images or modern reprints, and all scans shown are of the actual item being sold. If you have any questions about a particular piece, please ask before the auction ends. BIO: Gerard Anthony Schelle was born in 1917 in Baltimore, MD and died in 1990 in Weymouth, MA. He went to college at Villanova University. He played major league baseball for a single season in a single game in 1939 as pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics. Schelle was a private in the U.S. Army during World War II (BN). He later worked in sales and marketing for a number of firms including Chem-Tex and Madison Chemical Company of Boston, Peter Pan of New York, Maidenform, Playtex and Mona Lisa. Later he was a manufacturing representative for Scripto of Boston. SKU: GB12964
Item: GB12964
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