Early 1900s Dr. Miles’ Calendar Cover Featuring Lou Criger, Boston Americans Catcher.
Lot 272. Early 1900s Dr. Miles’ Calendar Cover Featuring Lou Criger, Boston Americans Catcher. The cover, 6 ½” x 10 3/8”, has a color image of a little girl on the front. On the reverse, Criger and Mary Thorp Monroe, a lecturer, tout Dr. Miles’ Anti-Pain pills. Criger claims that the pills relieve his “frequent and serve attacks of headache” resulting from “a very severe attack of typhoid.” He played for Boston from 1901 to 1908. This is one of the earliest player endorsements we have seen. Vg-Ex. Winning Bid $30.
