T207 Red Cross (this is a must see for everyone)

ullmandds wrote:yes...truly awesome...Lee...are there t215s previously uncataloqued? They all appear to be type I's...and all of the coupons so far are type II. Is it safe to presume this collection was accumulated from 1912-1914/15 or so?

ullmandds wrote:LOOKS LIKE U ARE CORRECT, ERIC...GOOD EYE!

My grandparents and their children lived in a small town north of Baton Rouge until about 1910 moving then to BR. My uncle was born about 1903, and I assume he collected these 1911 +. It is possible my grandpa did the collecting. However, my uncle was into sports
all his life, graduated from LSU in PE, was head coach at Livingston LA at the time of his death in the mid 30's. All the family lived all their lives in BR except my mother who lived in Port Arthur TX from marriage until her death.

The cards were loose in a Whitman's candy box. In the attic at my mother's. When in Baton Rouge they were in a house with no basement so either attic or closet. By the way, in the mid 90's the Museum of the Gulf Coast in Port Arthur had a seasonal exhibit on baseball and asked area residents to loan collectibles. I loaned the collection and they were displayed in a case - I got no calls or comments so I guess no one was aware of the significance. Most of the exhibit was centered around the Port Arthur Seahawks, an Evangeline League team from the 50's. Several on the team settled in the area. The museum's main attraction to tourists is the Janis Joplin items - she was a native of PA and went through high school here.