John Myers
date: label: date made
content: ca 1911
name: label: thru person
content: Rinsland, George
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Cabinet card depicting baseball player John Torres <i> Chief </i> Myers. Cabinet cards were photographs mounted on stiff cardboard backings offered as premiums or collectibles. This card was available via mail using proof-of-purchases from Pinkerton Tobacco products.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Baseball catcher John Torres Meyers (1880-1971) attended Dartmouth College on a forged high school diploma in 1905-1906, joining the professional ranks after the deception was uncovered. At the age of 28 he joined the National League's New York Giants, where he would play until 1916. Meyers, battery mate to legendary pitcher Christy Mathewson, was one of the Giant's most dependable hitters, helping lead the team to four World Series appearances. In 1916, with his talents fading, he joined the Brooklyn Robins (now Dodgers,) on their way to that season's National League pennant. After finishing his career with the Boston Braves, Meyers served in the United States Marine Corps during the First World War.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Meyers, whose Mother was Cahuilla, was, like many others of native heritage, given the stereotypical nickname <i> Chief. </i> A lifetime .291 hitter, Meyers led the Giants in hitting for three consecutive seasons (1911-1913) and was often in consideration for the League's Most Valuable Player award.
topic: label: Subject
content: Baseball
label: Subject
content: Native Americans
label: Web Subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.310547.030.07
label: accession number
content: 310547
label: catalog number
content: 310547.030.07
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Card, Baseball
label: Object Name
content: postcard, baseball
label: Object Name
content: baseball card
label: Object Name
content: baseball postcard
label: Object Name
content: card, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 8.89 cm