Friday, December 4, 2020

Vintage backgrounds: NYPD at Yankee Stadium

 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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2 comments:

  1. Elliptical ManDecember 4, 2020 at 11:47 AM

    Pagliaroni was playing for the Pirates at the time.

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  2. JonDecember 7, 2020 at 12:30 PM

    It'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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