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Box 1

 Container

Contains 9 Results:

Bank Book, 1912

 File — Box: 1
Scope and Contents

A lightly-used (no financial information is included) bank book, with cover stamped "1912" and "Compliments of Byron Greenough & Co."

Dates: 1912

Baseball Artifacts, 1907, 1915-1917

 File — Box: 1
Scope and Contents

Contains: 1) complimentary ticket book for the "Providence Base Ball Club" from 1907; 2) complimentary pass for the "Portland Base Ball Club of the Eastern League" for 1917; 3) offical Eastern League schedule booklet for 1916; 4) souvenir program for "Harry Lord Day" in Buffalo on August 7, 1915.

Dates: 1907, 1915-1917

Baseball stories, undated

 File — Box: 1
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Undated, typed stories of his baseball career, as described by Lord. Included are stories involving Ty Cobb, Jake Stahl, Jesse Burkett, John McGraw, Bill Carrigan, Germany Schaeffer and others. There is also one story about hunting in Maine.

Dates: undated

Baseball telegram, 1910

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Telegram to Lord from Red Sox president John D. Taylor, allowing Lord to go home pending a trade for him.

Dates: 1910

Car registration, 1918

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Scope and Contents

Maine automobile registration for Lord's car, a "Touring Buick."

Dates: 1918

Medal - "Old Timer's Day", 1922-09-11

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Small medal, with ribbon. Image of a baseball player with the text "The Boston Post. Old Timer's Day. Sept. 11, 1922."

Dates: 1922-09-11

Receipts, 1916, 1930

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Scope and Contents

Partial receipt for an automobile (1930), and a full one for two raccoon coats (1916).

Dates: 1916, 1930

State of Maine, 1928 - 1929

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A letter (1928) from the Portland Chamber of Commerce about state Fish and Game Law, and a certificate (1929) for Lord as a Deputy Inland Fish and Game Warden for the State of Maine.

Dates: 1928 - 1929

Photographs, undated

 File — Box: 1
Scope and Contents

Twenty-nine (29) photographs and photo postcards--some original, some copies--of Lord during and after his playing days. Baseball photo subjects include Bridgton Academy teams; a Providence posed photo; individual Chicago White Sox teammates and several game (exhibition?) photos; and casual photos of other teammates and two (post-retirement) with Ted Williams. Non-baseball photos include Lord with his wife and son Donald; Lord in a car; and Lord in the Maine state legislature.

Dates: undated