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Title	PC785 Souvenir Postcard Shop of Cleveland Postcards
Year	1905
Size	3 1/2″ x 5 1/2″
Images	Sepia
Type	Postcards
Number in Set	19

PC785 Souvenir Postcard Shop of Cleveland Postcards Overview

The PC785 Souvenir Postcard Shop of Cleveland postcards set includes various baseball players on the Cleveland Naps. Black and white photos are on the fronts and the backs include the area for the sender to write the recipient address.

The backs were a bit unique in that they explicitly stated that the area was reserved only for the mailing address. That left senders only a small space on the front to include a message (that area is not in the picture shown, however).

Also on the fronts right above that message area was the printed text “Souvenir Post Card Shop of Cleveland.”

The Cleveland Public Library has an interesting image of the shop itself printed on, what else? A postcard.

A total of 19 postcards are in the set (18 individual players and one team photo).

PC 785 Souvenir Postcard Shop of Cleveland Postcards Checklist

1. Harry Bay
2. Harry Bemis
3. Bill Bernhard
4. Bill Bradley
5. Fred Buelow
6. Charles Carr
7. Cleveland Naps Team Composite
8. Frank Donahue
9. Elmer Flick
10. Otto Hess
11. Jay Jackson
12. Addie Joss
13. N.A. Kahl
14. Nap Lajoie
15. Earl Moore
16. Bob Rhoades
17. George Stovall
18. Terry Turner
19. Rube Vinson

While Donahue, Flick, Hess, Jackson, Vinson are listed in most checklists, I have not yet verified them.

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