I doubt this is the oldest baseball card with a police officer on it but I can't think of an older one. He is wearing the heavy peacoat that was standard at the time.
I also noticed the big signature on the catchers mitt. It doesn't say Doc Edwards. The 1965 Topps blog says it might be Jim Pagliaroni.
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Pagliaroni was playing for the Pirates at the time.
ReplyDeleteIt'd be a lot of work to find out, but it would be interesting to know which card was the first to feature a police officer in the background.
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