World Series Baseball Programs

1889 American Association-Championship League "Worlds Championship Series" - St. Louis Browns vs. New York Baseball Club (?)

Not the "World Series" as it is today - this series was between the American Association and Championship League Club, before these professional leagues fell and the modern World Series of American League vs. National League began in 1903. (I can't find much information on this series or the "Championship League Club", if anyone has more/more accurate information please let me know.)
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In 1894, Pittsburgh's owner William C. Temple offered a championship trophy to the winner of a best-of-seven-game series between the National League's first and second-place teams. In addition, he stated that the winning franchise would receive 65% of all ticket sales and the losing team would pocket 35%. Temple's novel idea would last for the next three years and helped to build the foundation for baseball's post-season popularity. More changes were on the horizon and in 1901, the American League was established much to the dismay of the senior circuit. Suddenly, baseball found itself engaged in a "civil war" as both rival leagues competed separately for the fan's loyalty and attention. Two years later a truce, previously known as the "National Agreement", was redefined outlining baseball's employment, salary and travel requirements. The 1903 compromise produced the business blueprint for major-league baseball and resulted in a merger that has lasted to this day. Once again Boston and Pittsburgh, the top American and National League teams, found themselves competing against one another in the first official "World Series". -Baseball Almanac

1903 World Series - Boston Americans (5) vs. Pittsburg* Pirates (3)

*In 1903, Pittsburgh was spelled Pittsburg without the ending h.

1905 World Series - New York Giants (4) vs. Philadelphia Athletics (1)


1911 World Series - New York Giants (2) vs. Philadelphia Athletics (4)


1913 World Series - New York Giants (1) vs. Philadelphia Athletics (4)


1914 World Series - Boston Braves (4) vs. Philadelphia Athletics (0)


1919 World Series - Cincinnati Reds (5) vs. Chicago White Sox (3)


1920 World Series - Brooklyn Dodgers [Robins] (2) vs. Cleveland Indians (5)


1927 World Series - New York Yankees (4) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (0)


1931 World Series - Philadelphia Athletics (3) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (4)


1933 World Series - New York Giants (4) vs. Washington Nationals [Senators] (1)


1934 World Series - St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. Detroit Tigers (3), Game 7


1942 World Series - St. Louis Cardinals (4) vs. New York Yankees (1), Game 5


1952 World Series - New York Yankees (4) vs. Brooklyn Dodgers (3)


1956 World Series - Brooklyn Dodgers (3) vs. New York Yankees (4), Game 5


1962 World Series - San Francisco Giants (3) vs. New York Yankees (4)


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World Series programs and scorecards from the Baseball Hall of Fame [link]
More programs and info at Sports Collectibles [link]
More info at FC Associates [link]
Even more info at Collectors Weekly [link]

The Film Posters of Joop van den Berg

Joop van den Berg (1897-1985) was a Dutch artist who illustrated various film, theatre, and public service posters. I can't find too much information on him so if anyone has further/better information please let me know.



De zwarte tulp [The Black Tulip] (Maurits Binger & Frank Richardson, 1921) (?)


The Volga Boatman (Cecil B. DeMille, 1926)


The Son of the Sheik (George Fitzmaurice, 1926)


Die weisse Sklavin [The White Slave] (Augusto Genina, 1927)


Flucht aus der Hölle [Escape from Hell] (Georg Asagaroff, 1928)


Die Ehe [Marriage] (Eberhard Frowein, 1929)


Atlantic (Ewald André Dupont, 1929)


Der Weg nach Rio [The Road to Rio] (Manfred Noa, 1931)


S.O.S. Iceberg (Tay Garnett, 1933)


I Was a Spy (Victor Saville, 1933)


Bleeke Bet (Alex Benno & Richard Oswald, 1934)


Regine (Erich Waschneck, 1935)


Le mensonge de Nina Petrovna [The Lie of Nina Petrovna] (Viktor Tourjansky, 1937)


Thérèse Martin (Maurice de Canonge, 1938)


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more of Joop van den Berg's amazing work at Memory of the Netherlands [link]

Pictures of Life and Character in New York (1877)

Illustrations from the book published by G.W. Averell & Co in New York, 1877.



Page 8 - Venues for Horses


Page 9 - Theatrics


Page 10 - Fashions of the Day


Page 11 - Boxing


Page 12 - Earning a Living


Page 13 - Chinese Quarters


Page 14 - The diversity of people in New York City


Page 15 - Characters of New York


Page 16 - Street Peddlers


Page 17 - Service personnel


Page 21 - "Our artist in the United States - XI. Wall Street, New York."


Page 26 - "Night on the East side. A dime lodging house."


Page 29 - "The Prohibition movement. The drug store of the future."


Page 30 - The duty that lies near. Puck. "The new parks are a good thing, Mr. Grace, but suppose we begin by making 'breathing-places' of these dirty streets!"

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All images are from the History of Medicine Digital Collection [link]
more info on the book "Pictures of Life and Character in New York" [link]
worldcat results [link]

Edward Hull Illustrations of "Death's Ramble"

The following are illustrations "designed & done on stone" by Edward Hull for Thomas Hood's poem "Death's Ramble". They were printed by C. Hullmandel and published at The Gallery No. 27 Regent St. in London in December 1827.



One day the dreary old King of Death
Inclined for some sport with the carnal,
So he tied a pack of darts on his back,
And quietly stole from his charnel.

His head was bald of flesh and of hair,
His body was lean and lank,
His joints at each stir made a crack, and the cur
Took a gnaw, by the way, at his shank.

And what did he do with his deadly darts,
This goblin of grisly bone?
He dabbled and spill'd man's blood, and he kill'd
Like a butcher that kills his own.

The first he slaughter'd, it made him laugh,
(For the man was a coffin-maker,)
To think how the mutes, and men in black suits,
Would mourn for an undertaker.

Death saw two Quakers sitting at church,
Quoth he, "We shall not differ."
And he let them alone, like figures of stone,
For he could not make them stiffer.



He saw two duellists going to fight,
In fear they could not smother;
And he shot one through at once--for he knew
They never would shoot each other.

He saw a watchman fast in his box,
And he gave a snore infernal;
Said Death, "He may keep his breath, for his sleep
Can never be more eternal."

He met a coachman driving his coach
So slow, that his fare grew sick;
But he let him stray on his tedious way,
For Death only wars on the quick.



Death saw a toll-man taking a toll,
In the spirit of his fraternity;
But he knew that sort of man would extort,
Though summon'd to all eternity.

He found an author writing his life,
But he let him write no further;
For Death, who strikes whenever he likes,
Is jealous of all self-murther!



Death saw a patient that pull'd out his purse,
And a doctor that took the sum;
But he let them be--for he knew that the "fee"
Was a prelude to "faw" and "fum."



He met a dustman ringing a bell,
And he gave him a mortal thrust;
For himself, by law, since Adam's flaw,
Is contractor for all our dust.



He saw a sailor mixing his grog,
And he marked him out for slaughter;
For on water he scarcely had cared for Death,
And never on rum-and-water.

Death saw two players playing at cards,
But the game wasn't worth a dump,
For he quickly laid them flat with a spade,
To wait for the final trump!



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the illustrations were found at US National Library's Images of the History of Medicine [link]
more Thomas Hood can be read at Project Gutenberg [link]

Interview

Marty from ephemera was kind enough to interview me about this blog - you can read the interview here.
Thank you very much to Marty and the great ephemera blog, and to everyone who visits ephemera assemblyman.
-joel