The Check List for Hall of Fame Sepia Plaques and Postcards
75 cards - Chronological and Alphabetical by Induction Year
Early Postcards:
- 1936 - Abner Doubleday Baseball
- 1936 - Abner Doubleday, Major Gen. Portrait
- 1938 - Baseball Museum Immortals no background and blank right panel
1939 Type 1: Plaques:
- 1936 Ty Cobb "Incorrect statistics"
- Walter Johnson
- Christy Mathewson
- Babe Ruth
- Honus Wagner
- 1937 Morgan Bulkeley
- Ban Johnson
- Napoleon Lajoie
- Connie Mack
- John McGraw
- Tris Speaker
- George Wright
- Cy Young
- 1938 G.C. Alexander
- Alexander Cartwright
- Henry Chadwick
- 1939 Adrian Anson
- Eddie Collins
- Chas. Comiskey
- Candy Cummings
- Buck Ewing
- Willie Keeler
- Chas. Radbourne
- George Sisler
- Al Spalding
1939 Type 1: Postcards:
- The Abner Doubleday Baseball
- Abner Doubleday, Major Gen. Portrait
- Doubleday Field in its Original State
- Doubleday Field in 1938 (title on front)
- Exhibition Game on Doubleday Field
- Exterior - National Baseball Hall of Fame
- Interior - National Baseball Museum
- The Bust of Christy Mathewson
- Entrance of the Hall of Fame
- National Baseball Museum - "Immortals"
1940 Type 2: Plaques:
- 1936 Ty Cobb "Corrected statistics"
- Walter Johnson
- Christy Mathewson
- Babe Ruth
- Honus Wagner
- 1937 Morgan Bulkeley
- Ban Johnson
- Napoleon Lajoie
- Connie Mack
- John McGraw
- Tris Speaker
- George Wright
- Cy Young
- 1938 G.C. Alexander
- Alexander Cartwright
- Henry Chadwick
- 1939 Adrian Anson
- Eddie Collins
- Chas. Comiskey
- Candy Cummings
- Buck Ewing
- Willie Keeler
- Chas. Radbourne
- George Sisler
- Al Spalding
- 1940 Lou Gehrig
- 1942 Rogers Hornsby
1940 Type 2: Postcards:
- The Abner Doubleday Baseball
- Abner Doubleday, Major Gen. Portrait
- Doubleday Field in its Original State (title on front)
- Doubleday Field in 1938 (title on front)
- Exhibition Game on Doubleday Field (title on front)
- Exterior - National Baseball Hall of Fame (title on front)
- Interior - National Baseball Museum (title on front)
- The Bust of Christy Mathewson
- Entrance of the Hall of Fame
- National Baseball Museum - "Immortals"
Standard Postal approved format for post cards printed by the Freeman's Journal of Cooperstown, New York
1936 Type I:
The back of the post cards reads:
Baseball was invented in Cooperstown, New York, by Abner
Doubleday and first played there in 1839. National interest centers
in the Centennial Celebration in 1939 at Cooperstown.
Pub. by Otsego Co. Historical Society
(2 Historic Events & Art) post cards
July 1938 to October 1939 Type I:
The back of the post cards reads:
Baseball was invented in Cooperstown, New York, by Abner
Doubleday and first played there in 1839. National interest centers
in the Centennial Celebration in 1939 at Cooperstown.
Pub. by National Base Ball Museum
(25 Plaques) (10 Events and Art) post cards
February 1940 to December 1942 Type II:
The back of the post card reads:
Baseball was invented in Cooperstown, New York,
by Abner Doubleday and first played in this village in 1839. The
National Base Ball Museum and Hall of Fame and Doubleday Field
are maintained here as a Shrine to the national game.
Pub. by National Base Ball Museum
27 Plaques (10 Events and Art) post cards
Historic Events & Art Sepia Type IA, Type I & II
Published by Otsego Co. Historical Society - Very rare - value $1,000. each
Published by National Base Ball Museum - Blank right side very rare type 1 value $500.
Published by National Base Ball Museum - Type I 1939
