Lot # 3004: Circa 1911 Chicago White Sox "Hanging Bridge" Overzied Team Postcard SGC GOOD+ 35

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Description

Graded GOOD+ 35 by SGC. Scarce oversized postcard, dating to circa 1910, depicting the Chicago White Sox posed near the Hanging Bridge in Royal Gorge, Colorado, en route to spring training in San Francisco. Measuring 6.5 x 5.5 inches, the colorized postcard features several players in their uniforms alongside women and children accompanying them on the trip. Team owner Charles Comiskey is instantly recognizable in the rear of the photo with his top hat poking out. Phenomenal crowdsourced identification of those pictured in this postcard was undertaken on the Net54Baseball.com message board, and is available for review here: https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=184835. The postcard displays scattered creasing and is not addressed or mailed.