HARRY CRAFT Real Photo Postcard RPPC 1939-42 Cincinnati Reds George Burke

DATE: 1939-42

ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 2 Original - Printed from the original negative, but in a later period

TEAM: Cincinnati Reds

SUBJECT: Harry Craft

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 Harry Craft, pictured in his Cincinnati Reds uniform circa 1939-42. The original photo was taken by George Burke in 1939-42, 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: Harry Francis Craft (Wildfire) was born in Ellisville, MS and died in 995 in Conroe, TX. He went to college at Mississippi College. He played major league baseball from 937 to 942 as outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds, and appeared in the 939 and 940 World Series. In 96, Craft was a member of Chicago Cubs owner Phil Wrigley's ill-fated College of Coaches From 96-65, the team had no permanent manager, and rotated the "head coach" job among its coaching staff. Craft led the Bruins for 6 games in 96, coming out 7-9, as one of four head coaches that year. Seeking to be a manager, not a "head coach", Craft became the first skipper in the history of the expansion Houston Colt .45s the following year. He managed them from 962-964, before his replacement by Lum Harris in the closing days of the '64 season. He ended 9-280 with the Colt .45s, never having managed an above .500 team in all or parts of seven seasons as a big league manager. He remained in the game, however, as a scout and farm system official for the Baltimore Orioles, San Francisco Giants and the Yankees, retiring in 99.

SKU: GB10957

Item: GB10957

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HARRY CRAFT Real Photo Postcard RPPC 1939-42 Cincinnati Reds George BurkeHARRY CRAFT Real Photo Postcard RPPC 1939-42 Cincinnati Reds George BurkeHARRY CRAFT Real Photo Postcard RPPC 1939-42 Cincinnati Reds George Burke
HARRY CRAFT Real Photo Postcard RPPC 1939-42 Cincinnati Reds George Burke
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