Number 5 Type Collection

I end up downloading a lot of baseball pictures, and cards, and pictures of cards while planning posts here or on the Twitter @Number5TypeCa...

Hank Aaron, Jim "Toy Cannon" Wynn, Ron Santo, and Willie McCovey? This who's-who of late-60s power hitters holds a special pl...

Do you like orange? Here's future big leaguer Bob Knepper, modeling a Dutch-orange hat against orange trim and orange borders. His card ...

I recently came across my second 19th century type card, a woman in hazy sepia pretending to catch a ball dangling on a string. While unusua...

As a fan of baseball eras long past, it's fun to think every player has their own piece of history. The one thing they did that few othe...

Have you seen this man? Last spotted rounding second at full speed? If baseball fans mention Dale Mitchell in conversation, it’s usual...

Today (August 23) in 1914, over 35,000 British troops encountered Germany's 1st army in Belgium, following similar engagements by France...

This card's always intrigued me, as it could show Maury Wills making a play at second long before he worked out his unusual contract ker...

"It's somewhere in this room. Somewhere. I just need to use my good spyglass and find it." You can hit three limits at ...