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t206hound
08-25-2014, 09:59 AM
Well, maybe not... but I still think this is interesting.

Based on T206 vertical miscuts, we've seen instances of double names (same name at top and bottom) as well as two names (different name at top and bottom). We've seen this even for the same player, in my case, Rossman:

<img src="http://www.collectorfocus.com/images/show/t206hound/rossman/19124/rossman-clause" height="500" /><img src="http://www.collectorfocus.com/images/show/t206hound/rossman/19140/rossman-clause" height="500" />

So we can presume that there was at least stacks of two; we also have postulated that based on the ratio of known two-namers to double-namers that it is highly likely that there were more than two stacked on a sheet.

Until now, I haven't seen anything that can demonstrate this. I've been looking around the site recently and came across the "neighbours" thread (http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=163276) that shows the extremely cool "Lash's Bitters" cards and their arrangement:

<img src="http://i.imgur.com/rk28VIU.jpg" />

I probably looked at that thread and that image 20 times without realizing that there were two different Rudoph cards pictured. I noticed that while the two cards were not adjacent, they appeared to line up vertically.

I used the image that Jantz posted in 2013 (http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=171968&page=4) to layout the Lash's trade card stacked. Then I overlayed the instances of the backs of the Rudolphs on top of that image. I also overlayed part of one of the Lash's backs to confirm the spacing between the trade cards. It certainly looks like EXACTLY ONE CARD fits between the two of them. I added straight lines and the front images as a guide. Now while it is possible that a different player/pose appeared in that spot, I would put my money that there is/was a third "bitter" Rudoph that fits perfectly between these two.

http://www.collectorfocus.com/images/show/t206hound/ghosts/19354/bitter-rudolphs

atx840
08-25-2014, 10:26 AM
Nice Erick.

Out of the 34 known yellow/brown scraps there is only one with 4 examples, the rest are 1-3. Either there was a second sheet or possibly 4 were stacked.

http://i.imgur.com/OnuZEiI.jpg

I think the test print scraps could be useful. There are two Pfeiffer's scraps that likely are stacked, would like to track down higher res scans.

http://i.imgur.com/c0WlaGy.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/YE2sHAk.jpg

Runscott
08-25-2014, 10:30 AM
Chris, regarding the Doyle - could you compare how the backs line up, to see the likelihood that they were stacked? I know there are a lot of different possible combinations, and if the stack were greater than 4, or more than one sheet was printed, it would be almost impossible. But you never know.

atx840
08-25-2014, 10:43 AM
Hey Scott, unfortunately I don't have back scans of all four. Several of the y/bs have been trimmed since making it difficult to align based on border cuts.

Erick, as a side note I believe the Schlafly aligns to the right of the Rudolph.

http://i.imgur.com/DdkYAiX.jpg

t206hound
08-25-2014, 10:58 AM
I went one more step... I believe it's at least four. As you'll see, for every four T206s, there are three Bitter's trade cards...
http://www.collectorfocus.com/images/show/t206hound/ghosts/19356/bitters-layout-short

Based on the back cuts:
Nattress, Barbeau, Miller, Maddox cards were on line #1
Brashear, Rhodes, Rudolph (a), Schlafly, Barger, Graham, Bliss were on line #2
(no cards on line #3)
Rudolph (b) was on line #4

Matvoo
08-25-2014, 11:24 AM
Very cool thread

atx840
08-25-2014, 01:29 PM
here is as far as I got with these previously, definitely requires further investigating. :D

http://i.imgur.com/QAvvQFL.png

t206hound
08-25-2014, 01:43 PM
here is as far as I got with these previously, definitely requires further investigating. :D

http://i.imgur.com/QAvvQFL.png

Thanks Chris... per my note to you, this is what I was doing as well. I need to sit down and take more time to do it, but I believe that the piedmont 350 sheet had five columns (maybe only four) and some multiple of four rows (4, 8 or 12) of the Bitters trade cards. I think this may the missing link to sheet size.

I think your grid may have too much space between the cards; and note that some cards will be cut to different sizes.

Do we know if sheets were cut horizontally first, and then vertically?

HalChaseCollector
08-25-2014, 02:34 PM
Wow this is really cool

Jantz
08-25-2014, 03:21 PM
Hey Er!ck

If I'm looking at these scans correctly, the Bitters scan has Barbeau on the left and Miller to his right.

My second scan has them the opposite.


Jantz

t206hound
08-25-2014, 03:41 PM
Hey Er!ck

If I'm looking at these scans correctly, the Bitters scan has Barbeau on the left and Miller to his right.

My second scan has them the opposite.


Jantz

I believe that scan includes the cards in their same position, just flipped over. So in reality, the Miller is to the left of Barbeau from a front perspective.

atx840
08-25-2014, 04:11 PM
Ive re-scaled the PC to the size of the Lash T206 scans. So far I get this.



http://i.imgur.com/JA5DycV.jpg

Jantz
08-25-2014, 04:47 PM
I believe that scan includes the cards in their same position, just flipped over. So in reality, the Miller is to the left of Barbeau from a front perspective.

Then the Bitters print wouldn't line up then right?

t206hound
08-25-2014, 05:01 PM
Hey Er!ck

If I'm looking at these scans correctly, the Bitters scan has Barbeau on the left and Miller to his right.

My second scan has them the opposite.


Jantz

In your scan, the fronts are shown in C-B-A, and the backs are shown in A-B-C.

Jantz
08-25-2014, 05:06 PM
Thank you for the clarification :)

toppcat
08-25-2014, 05:33 PM
My head is spinning but this is a cool thread...

t206hound
08-25-2014, 06:29 PM
Ive re-scaled the PC to the size of the Lash T206 scans. So far I get this.




I independently came up with something very similar... I will post it here shortly. Based on the images, there is a minimum of 14 cards per row, perhaps up to 19.

As an aside, recall that the obak sheet had 21 cards per row.

My spacing and scaling is slightly different, but we are very close:
http://www.collectorfocus.com/images/show/t206hound/ghosts/19369/bitters-layout

atx840
08-25-2014, 07:04 PM
Perhaps 17 :cool:

I think you also need to align the Piedmont backs, which I don't think the Maddox does.

mrvster
08-25-2014, 08:06 PM
blind:eek:

too much scrap in this thread:eek::):D

t206hound
08-25-2014, 08:37 PM
Perhaps 17 :cool:

I think you also need to align the Piedmont backs, which I don't think the Maddox does.


I noticed that when I was aligning them. Need to take it off.

atx840
08-25-2014, 09:02 PM
Interesting that on the backs there are a few different fronts printed for the PC, some upright and one upside down. On the below is the bar scene upside down and another unidentified front.

The Miller/Barbeau/Natress group its right side up.

http://i.imgur.com/D1PUUK1.gif

If you take our sheet and overlay three front post cards they line up, you can see the red wine glass on the second Rudolph and the L from Lash on the bottom of the third card.

http://i.imgur.com/tDHmr8n.gif

t206hound
08-26-2014, 01:08 PM
Perhaps 17 :cool:

I think you also need to align the Piedmont backs, which I don't think the Maddox does.

The removal of the Maddox further leads credence that there were stacks of (at least) four... the only card that fits into multiple rows in the same column is Rudolph.

Also helpful that we know that Maddox is adjacent (above) Snodgrass Batting on a two-namer (Piedmont 350), which isn't contradicted on this sheet.

And we know that Bliss was adjecent to Freeman (on the left) of a ghost image Piedmont 350; also not contradicted on this sheet.

Jantz
08-26-2014, 01:43 PM
This part of the print on the back is also from another postcard. Honestly can't remember if it was an advertisement for Lash's Bitters, but I found the postcard once on the internet the last time we discuss these.

The dark area on the "dm" of Piedmont is a hat. Looking closely you can see hair just underneath along with the outline of an ear. The man wearing the hat is facing to the left.


Jantz

atx840
08-26-2014, 01:46 PM
I'd love to find it Jantz, there are a few Lash PCs with men wearing hats but nothing yet matches.

t206hound
08-26-2014, 02:10 PM
I haven't found a match either. Here's a page with several trade cards from Lash's:
http://www.tradecards.com/articles/ponds/

And a blog entries from this year about the company:
http://www.peachridgeglass.com/2014/07/lashs-bitters-part-three-humorous-and-clever-advertising/

Jantz
08-26-2014, 03:01 PM
Chris & Er!ck

I agree with both of you.

I've looked at those two websites before.

Here is another Lash's trade card with men wearing hats.


Jantz

atx840
08-26-2014, 03:59 PM
It does look like the T206 sheet was used as a test for the Lash Bitters ad. A few different ink layers can be seen across the T206s.

Oh to find a test sheet like this uncut :eek:

http://i.imgur.com/YRvQJj5.jpg

If you can keep an eye out for a larger red "LASH BITTERS" it could be whats on the back of the Maddox.

http://i.imgur.com/7HTRWjl.jpg

t206hound
08-27-2014, 07:47 PM
If you can keep an eye out for a larger red "LASH BITTERS" it could be whats on the back of the Maddox.

http://i.imgur.com/7HTRWjl.jpg

I didn't notice that different Lash's Bitters red printing until I re-read your post. So much going on with this scrap.

If I were to hazard a guess, based on my layouts, I would say that Maddox was between Miller and Brashear (don't know if it is directly adjacent, or just the column between the two). Still working on this... slowly.

abothebear
08-28-2014, 07:57 AM
I don't know if y'all saw my question in the plate scratch thread, but I noticed that though most of the focus was on the 150 series scratches, some of y'all were compiling a record of 350 plate scratches as well. Are their any back scratch puzzle matches that have fronts that match the subjects of these sraps?

t206hound
08-28-2014, 11:22 AM
I don't know if y'all saw my question in the plate scratch thread, but I noticed that though most of the focus was on the 150 series scratches, some of y'all were compiling a record of 350 plate scratches as well. Are their any back scratch puzzle matches that have fronts that match the subjects of these sraps?

I haven't followed the P350 back scratches info... I think Steve B was looking at the P150 and made a lot of progress. I'll dig a bit, though.

atx840
08-28-2014, 02:43 PM
Mystery Solved. Pretty cool that it took less than a day.

http://www.peachridgeglass.com/2014/08/the-lashs-gentleman-in-a-hat/

http://i.imgur.com/xHA9CxN.jpg

t206hound
08-28-2014, 03:08 PM
Ask the experts... nice job reaching out to those folks. Pretty awesome that they came up with it that fast!

Pat R
08-28-2014, 03:17 PM
Great Job Chris!!!

t206hound
08-28-2014, 06:14 PM
You are better than imagery than I... the Miller card when turned upside down shows the red sweater/vest of the gentleman in the middle, as well as the jacket and tie of the man to his right (our left). It would be cool to see another of your overlay images (using the Maddox card as well).

It is interesting to see the blues and yellows not occurring together in the test images... yet both colors appear.

tschock
08-29-2014, 06:31 AM
I haven't been following that closely, but if the same COMPLETE sheet is used for 2 different sized items, couldn't one determine the number X of T206 cards that could fit into the number Y of the Bitters? Or at least a factor thereof? While one might not be able to prove the number of T206 rows/columns, one could still prove what could NOT be the number of rows/columns of T206s on a sheet. Assuming the sheet wasn't trimmed for the second test run.

Apologies if this has already been discussed/proven.

atx840
08-29-2014, 09:28 AM
I agree we can use the spacing of these PCs to help determine the minimum number of T206s stacked vertically, and possibly horizontally.

http://i.imgur.com/QIjbIBN.gif

teetwoohsix
09-02-2014, 03:09 PM
WOW!! I've been off of the board for awhile, other than to respond to some PM's, and finally had a chance to do a little catching up. I'm so glad I went back a page to find this awesome thread!

It is inspiring and amazing what you guys have accomplished here in this thread! Congratulations on a job EXTREMELY well done, I am in awe. :eek:

I always figured somehow someway with the knowledge on this board that it would be possible to piece together the clues from scraps, freaks, mis-cuts, double names, etc., and come closer to getting a realistic idea of a T206 sheet. This makes me feel that it's possible we may see it happen sooner rather than later-and that's exciting stuff!! I love it. Keep up the great work!

And, thanks for sharing the hard work with us all, I appreciate it!!

Sincerely, Clayton

steve B
09-03-2014, 09:35 AM
I haven't followed the P350 back scratches info... I think Steve B was looking at the P150 and made a lot of progress. I'll dig a bit, though.

I haven't had as much time recently.

Pat R has taken the 150 scratches far beyond what I did and I doubt I have the time to catch up. I have some scans from him, but I need to get photoshop or something similar to start the piecing together. My jigsaw puzzle way of drawing the scratches onto P150 blanks I printed isn't as effective.

The P350 scratches are much less common, and much less obvious.

I've seen a few that might be 150 scratches that didn't get completely resurfaced off. So it's possible the same plate was used for both if that's so, it's proof the backs were printed from stones rather than metal plates.

Some other avenues of study

Some apparent plate damage on the red Hindu backs. Maybe on the browns too, but I haven't seen any. Storing the stone from 1909 til 1911 seems odd, but maybe for a huge customer like ATC it was more normal.

Figuring out the approximate nimber of press runs. I believe there are three or more for both 150 and 350 and that the 150's and 350's were entirely different. I'm not as sure for 350/460 But I'm fairly confident that the two series were different.
Meaning the non-series like OM should be findable in both a 350 and 460 front - likely very minor differences.

Getting an idea of the number stacked by studying the tougher cards. Magie, Plank, Wagner, O'Hara stl. and Demitt stl. were probably only on one sheet each and figuring out identifiably different examples of each should give us the number vertically. I've done some work on Magie, and I'm sorting the types. It's a bit easier since there are back differences that match front differences and that show in the typical small scan.

Digitally reassembling some of the groups of scraps. None of my BB Sl cards fit each other, but may match another I just don't have enough scans. (And it's very hard, I have had a "big" batch of a nonsport set that is typically handcut and even with the only full set and scans of nearly a set of doubles, all from the same source, there aren't any matches)
This effort on the Lash's backs is excellent as far as getting a few pairs that are certain.

In Stamps this whole process is called "plating" - figuring out the position of each stamp from a plate based on tiny consistent differences. Even with access to large quantities, blocks and strips, and knowing in some cases exactly how many plates there were it can take one person a full collecting lifetime (figure around 20-40 years) to get enough to be sure.
T206 is orders of magnitude harder. I don't expect to see what I'd call solid proof of a full sheet layout in my lifetime. Maybe Wazoo or some of the younger collectors will.

Steve B

PS- As an example of how long some things can take. In 2012 I wrote an article on a stamp I'd found. Other than showing a small portion of a plate number at the top it was very common. Except that plate 40 was used on an experimental press and there were only around 24000 impressions. That it existed and how many impressions were made was published in around 1901. The only time it had been described in any article was 1932, and that article might have been wrong another plate had been reworked and the early stamps are very similar to plate 40. Experts had begun to think that the 1901 book was incorrect there were a few other mistakes, maybe this was another.
Until I found a stamp showing a bit of the number 40. Now we all know for sure that plate 40 was used and stamps issued. But out of 100 positions only one can be accurately described, and so far there's only one known stamp from plate 40. And that's since 1873! (There are a few that are probably from plate 40, but very few survivors out of 240,000 printed)

t206hound
09-04-2014, 11:43 PM
I've asked about the actual dimensions of the Lash's Bitters postcards and the approximate release date, but to this point have not received a response. The introduction of the second postcard front, however, has made me believe that my initial recreation in post 17 (http://www.net54baseball.com/showpost.php?p=1314364&postcount=17) was incorrect.

Knowing the two front images yields new clues, specifically that some of the cards I thought were on the same sheet, probably were on separate sheets. This appears to be the case because there were two "runs" for each postcard front on each sheet: one rightside up, and one upside down.

You will notice, in the animations, that the overprint backs skew slightly on their starting position, but I believe I have the size and spacing equivalent in each. You will also notice that in the two sheet animations, that separate color passes for each front are represented. In the first sheet, the "big hat man" (blues) appears right side up, and on the second sheet his "mates" (reds) appear upside down. The is opposite is true of the other postcard front. On the first sheet, you can see the yellows and oranges of the bar upside down, but that same images blues are right side up in sheet two.

This knowledge has me revise one sheet to reveal what appears to be cards within seven columns of each other (listed from the back view left to right): Brashear, Rhodes, Rudolph, Schlafly, Bliss. It is highly likely, based on a ghost image of a Piedmont 350, that the card to the right of Bliss (again from the back view) was Freeman (http://www.net54baseball.com/showpost.php?p=1097271&postcount=19). Based on the layout of the T206s and the alignment with the Lash's post card images, it is highly likely that there was a run of seven T206s that span at least two postcards.

Note that the card in row four is also a Rudolph (same column) and that card is obviously not the last row on the sheet since the (upside down) Lash's front has a "bottom" occur there. Here's an animation showing the three overprint runs and how the cards align:

http://i.imgur.com/FYJXwGn.gif

t206hound
09-05-2014, 03:09 PM
The more interesting combination is the second grouping. Again, I've lined up the three separate Lash's images (the postcard back and both postcard fronts) so that there is alignment with the arrangement of the T206s.



In this animation, again the T206s line up perfectly with each of the three postcard runs (back and two fronts). My vertical lines are equal spaced. This demonstrates a run of 11 cards (with gaps, listed from the back view left to right): Maddox, Barger, Nattress, Barbeau, Miller (note that we observe the adjacency of Miller and Barbeau in a P350 ghost (http://www.net54baseball.com/showpost.php?p=1086632&postcount=1) as well). We can make an assumption that the Miller could be the far right card on the sheet (again, from the back view). But based on the back of the Maddox card, one can safely assume that there were cards to its left, likely three more.



http://i.imgur.com/sCuVmcv.gif



Now this still may not "prove" anything, but in my opinion, this is additional evidence that can help us get closer to understanding sheet size and number of cards per sheet.



I will also note that the Graham card is an outlier. While it matches the imagery of the backs of the first sheet above, it's vertical cuts do not fall in line relative to the other cards represented by my image. My assumption is that it came from a third scrap sheet.

Matvoo
09-05-2014, 03:34 PM
Very inteeresting info

atx840
05-26-2015, 09:23 PM
Picked up a LB PC, scanned alongside Maddox for size comparison.

http://i.imgur.com/TDXa1Pq.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/PxhiUEu.gif

Leon
05-26-2015, 09:26 PM
Picked up a LB PC, scanned alongside Maddox for size comparison.



Congrats on the new PC pickup, Chris. Quite awesome how you do the rotating stuff. What a great ancillary item. I love that kind of collecting...

frankbmd
05-26-2015, 09:30 PM
I wonder if other Lash's Bitters collectors try to piece together rare baseball cards too.

sreader3
05-26-2015, 09:35 PM
Awesome. Somehow I missed this entire thread the first go-round. Thanks for reviving.

mrvster
05-26-2015, 09:40 PM
pick up! and great detective work:)

Pat R
05-27-2015, 10:45 AM
Nice pickup Chris, is the PC 5 1/2 X 3 1/2 inches?

atx840
05-27-2015, 12:02 PM
Nice pickup Chris, is the PC 5 1/2 X 3 1/2 inches?

Thanks Pat, yep it measures exactly 5 1/2 x 3 1/2. Hoping it can help get us closer to a T206 sheet size. :cool:

Pat R
05-27-2015, 12:11 PM
I think it could prove to be a big help. It seems you and Erick have everything
lined up good in your recent posts which would put this sheet at minimum
of 23-24 inches wide. (If the PC wasn't offset on the sheet).

mrvster
05-27-2015, 03:56 PM
guys! we need to re construct the Sweet Cap 350/460 yellow brown sheet:);)

The Bitters is SICK!

I love connecting them to other period lithography!

like the Gandil / Cortez scrap I have:D

Erick....please post the Gandil / Cortez ghost scrap over lay:)

sreader3
05-27-2015, 08:01 PM
Chris and Erick,

If you will accommodate, I think many of us would be very interested to see your current respective "best guesses" as to the MxN composition of a T206 sheet based on Lash's and any other information you have so ably acquired. Animations are appreciated.

Scot

atx840
05-27-2015, 11:06 PM
Hey Scot,

I haven't looked at this in a while but when overlaying the PCs on a grid with T206 dimensions I am seeing consistency in horizontal & vertical spacing. The hight of the PCs are 3:4 ratio of a T206 and align perfectly with several of the Lash Bitters T206 overprints.

Width wise, its a 4:19 ratio, without any margin on the T206 side which we know there was. 17x8 could be an option.

These T206s look to have 2 different PCs overprinted, both with the front right side up and upside down as well as the reverse.

There is a lot going on to show in one animation, the cards that flash show where the overprint Lash ink aligns with the background PC. Look at the yellow gold kicker rod on the bar, Lash Bitters logo, blue jacket of smaller man, blue hat etc.

Definitely needs a lot more work.

http://i.imgur.com/VyfheFV.gif

sreader3
05-28-2015, 07:00 AM
Chris,

This is terrific.

Thanks.

Scot

Leon
05-28-2015, 07:15 AM
Chris, that last display is so freaking awesome I feel like sticking this thread to the top :). Wow, is all I can say....(and great job!!)

Screw it. It's getting stickied for a while today...... :)

t206hound
05-28-2015, 08:26 AM
Hey Chris,
can you call out which cards you are using in the animation in post #52?

Jobu
05-28-2015, 08:43 AM
I LOVE these Lash's Bitters cards. I tried to get the Barger when he came up but fell just short.

I wanted to add to this thread the possibility that there were two Lash's sheets and that the cards we have came from both. Schlafly has a misregistration in the gray layer that Nattress appears not to have and also has a much larger blue shift than Nattress. The other misregistrations look more or less consistent to me so I can't help but wonder if Schlafly came from a second sheet.

atx840
05-28-2015, 09:18 AM
Bryan there very well could have been two sheets, Barger doesnt quite fit next to Bliss on this sheet but possibly in the same position but lower/higher if a true sheet was 8 T206s tall.

http://i.imgur.com/A3CtDQr.jpg

t206hound
05-28-2015, 09:39 AM
Perhaps 17 :cool:

I think you also need to align the Piedmont backs, which I don't think the Maddox does.


http://i.imgur.com/A3CtDQr.jpg

Chris, per earlier discussions in this thread, Maddox does not line up from a "Piedmont 350" back alignment, although the other components of the layout match. Not to make more work for you, but perhaps another frame of the animation with the Piedmont 350 backs would help.

Can you look back at my Posts #39 (http://www.net54baseball.com/showpost.php?p=1318638&postcount=39) and #40 (http://www.net54baseball.com/showpost.php?p=1318933&postcount=40) to see if my assumptions have been overcome by what you've learned since then?

Pat R
05-28-2015, 11:09 AM
Bryan there very well could have been two sheets, Barger doesnt quite fit next to Bliss on this sheet but possibly in the same position but lower/higher if a true sheet was 8 T206s tall.

http://i.imgur.com/A3CtDQr.jpg


Amazing work Chris,

There are two sheets that indicate a minimum of 11 high and one a minimum of 12 high in the plate scratches so Barger might line up higher or lower somewhere.

David R
05-28-2015, 09:56 PM
This is really great work Chris! It was about 8 or 9 years ago when I first realized I had these t206s with a strange Andy Warhol motif on the back. Freaks were not nearly so popular then and some even told me they were worthless to any "serious" collector. At the time Trae (from this board) helped me figure out that some of them actually fit together and he posted the scans of all of them here on the board for me to get people's reactions (I had never even heard of this board). Trae soon identified the Lash's post card on eBay and figured out that that was the image printed on the back. I am really glad all these years later that people are still interested in these cards and that they are helping smart, computer saavy sleuths like Chris continue to discover new things about this great set which, at age 105+, continues to hold some secrets.

I have sold four of them individually over the years (and know at least two of those were resold) but decided to hold on to the two main groups of three that fit together, and a couple singles. It's nice to see people continue to post and enjoy them.

David R.

atx840
05-28-2015, 10:16 PM
They are, to me, great little piece of T206 history and really appreciate owning one, thank you.

Erick you're right, Maddox is probably not in the correct spot. There is a lot going on with these and my head hurts trying to understand it :D

Need to take it one PC overlay at a time plus as you mentioned consider the confirmed neighbours for the known Lash examples. If someone wants to run with the dimension aspect of potential sheet size based on the PC that would really help. Fun stuff.

barrysloate
05-29-2015, 05:44 AM
This is really great work Chris! It was about 8 or 9 years ago when I first realized I had these t206s with a strange Andy Warhol motif on the back. Freaks were not nearly so popular then and some even told me they were worthless to any "serious" collector. At the time Trae (from this board) helped me figure out that some of them actually fit together and he posted the scans of all of them here on the board for me to get people's reactions (I had never even heard of this board). Trae soon identified the Lash's post card on eBay and figured out that that was the image printed on the back. I am really glad all these years later that people are still interested in these cards and that they are helping smart, computer saavy sleuths like Chris continue to discover new things about this great set which, at age 105+, continues to hold some secrets.

I have sold four of them individually over the years (and know at least two of those were resold) but decided to hold on to the two main groups of three that fit together, and a couple singles. It's nice to see people continue to post and enjoy them.

David R.

David,
I remember auctioning one of them for you, and while I found them to be incredibly interesting, I don't think the market was there at that time. Today, they are gold.

Ladder7
03-03-2016, 10:27 AM
eBay item # 311539399729

To whomever may own one of these scraps. The Bitter's postcard is available -not mine
May be a nice companion piece

Pat R
04-10-2022, 06:45 AM
This is one of my favorite threads, I was going through my folder of ghost image scans and it reminded me of this thread.

There was a lot of progress made on the Lash's cards but it stalled out for some reason and I think there's room for more progress to be made on these.

I think you can tentatively put Freeman between Maddox and Bliss on this sheet.
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There's also a Barger ghost but I'm not sure who the other subject is, maybe Natress? and it's a SC350/30 not a PD350.
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Personally I think all the Lash's cards came from one scrap sheet and the height and possibly the width of the sheet needs to be increased to get all of them to fit. I know they are a different series but the plate scratch sheets show that the same subject was used in numerous vertical rows two of them show a minimum of 14 high.
I think at some point during the print group 1 printing they switched from printing a single vertical subject on the sheets to using two and that would put the minimum same vertical subjects at 7 on a sheet.

This is the minimum height of each sheet/partial sheet as indicated by the known plate scratches.
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atx840
04-11-2022, 10:41 AM
Nice Pat! I've started to work on the Lash cards again, slow progress.

https://i.imgur.com/lXXTO5q.png

wolf441
04-13-2022, 05:42 AM
I love this thread and the work that everyone has done to try and lay out an entire T206 sheet. Just a bump to keep it on the front page...

Pat R
04-16-2022, 06:55 AM
Nice Pat! I've started to work on the Lash cards again, slow progress.

https://i.imgur.com/lXXTO5q.png

Glad you are still working on it Chris, I'm not sure if you have this one but here's a Rhodes/Rudolph Ghost.

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Yoda
04-16-2022, 11:49 AM
I feel sorry for the poor fellows waiting around for their own personal "live one". Not sure if a shot of Lash's beforehand might lead to disastrous results.