"Shoeless" Joe Jackson
My fascination with Joe Jackson began in high school, when I wrote a paper on him and the Black Sox for U.S. History in February 2002. The cards, magazines, catalogs, schedules and photographs here place him in his own time: the Cleveland star, the White Sox slugger, and the man the game banned for life.
Playing Days Cards
3
Publications
4
Photos & Other
2
Modern Cards
4
Issues in this gallery
- 1909–11 American Caramel (E90-1)
- Type III Photographs
- Modern Joe Jackson Issues
- Baseball Magazine
- 1913 Cleveland Naps Pocket Schedule
- 1915 Cracker Jack (E145-2)
- 1916 Draper & Maynard Athletic Goods Catalog
- 1912 Cleveland Amateur Base Ball Association Guide
- 1917 Collins-McCarthy (E135)
- 1917 Sporting News Record Book
The Paper That Started It All
View / download the PDF (9 pages)
In February 2002, for a U.S. History class, I wrote a research paper on Joe Jackson and the 1919 Black Sox scandal. The thesis was simple and still close to how I think about him: Jackson did not help fix that World Series, and he belongs in the Hall of Fame. That paper is where the fascination started — long before the cards, the magazines, and the rest of this gallery.
Personal names and the course instructor have been redacted. The pages below are the scanned paper; tap any page to enlarge, or open the full PDF.