VAN MUNGO Real Photo Postcard RPPC 1934-36 Brooklyn Dodgers George Burke

DATE: 1934-36

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

TEAM: Brooklyn Dodgers

SUBJECT: Van Mungo

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 Van Mungo, pictured in his Brooklyn Dodgers uniform circa 1934-36. The original photo was taken by George Burke in 1934-36, 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: Van Lingle Mungo was born in 9 in Pageland, SC and died in 985 in Pageland, SC. He played major league baseball from 93 to 945 as pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants, and was selected 4 times as an All-Star. Mungo was largely forgotten after he retired from baseball after the 945 season, but was brought back into considerable notoriety in 969 because of the use of his prosodic name as the title of a novelty song by Dave Frishberg. The song lyrics consist entirely of the names of baseball players of the 940s, strung together with a bossa nova beat, but Mungo is one of only five players mentioned more than once and his name functions as a kind of refrain. According to Frishberg, The Dick Cavett Show arranged to have him sing the song to Mungo in person, and Mungo asked him backstage if there would ever be any financial remuneration for the use of his name in the song. Frishberg then told him no, but maybe Mungo could make some money if he wrote a song called "Dave Frishburg." Ironically, today Mungo is remembered primarily because of the song. The song "lyrics" can be found on the Baseball Almanac website at: http://www.baseball-almanac.com/poetry/vanlinglemungo.shtml and as of this writing, a video setting classic images of the players mentioned over Frischberg's tune can be found at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKzobTlF8fM

SKU: GB10913

Item: GB10913

Retail Price: $12.95
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VAN MUNGO Real Photo Postcard RPPC 1934-36 Brooklyn Dodgers George BurkeVAN MUNGO Real Photo Postcard RPPC 1934-36 Brooklyn Dodgers George BurkeVAN MUNGO Real Photo Postcard RPPC 1934-36 Brooklyn Dodgers George Burke
VAN MUNGO Real Photo Postcard RPPC 1934-36 Brooklyn Dodgers George Burke
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