DATE: 1936 ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 2 Original - Printed from the original negative, but in a later period TEAM: St. Louis Cardinals SUBJECT: Cotton Pippen 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 Cotton Pippen, pictured in his St. Louis Cardinals uniform circa 1936. The original photo was taken by George Burke in 1936, 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: Henry Harold Pippen was born in Cisco, TX and died in 98 in Williams, CA. He went to college at Texas A&M University. He played major league baseball from 936 to 940 as pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Athletics and the Detroit Tigers. He was nicknamed "Cotton" because of the color of his light blond hair and blue eyes. Pippen's minor league career included stints with the Beatrice Blues in the Nebraska State League (934-35); Houston in the Texas League (936-938); Sacramento in the Pacific Coast League (939); the Oakland Oaks in the Pacific Coast League (945-946). Pippen served in the military in 945. In 95, Pippen was the player-manager for Reno. An Oakland newspaper reported in 954 that Pippen was "now pitching them over the bar at Oscar's on Lakeshore." Pippen reportedly tended bar at a number of establishments in the Oakland area. SKU: GB11137
Item: GB11137
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