Morgan Stationery Red Belt: anyone seen this variant before?
 

Hey friends. I bought this 1907 Red Belt on eBay and realized that the background architecture and the front text are different from the handful of examples I was able to find publicly available pics of. Wondering if anyone has seen another example of this. The standard version is said to have a fake painted background. Is this example just a slightly different painted background or is it an actual photograph? Thanks.

Very cool. This set is beautiful. I know the Huggins’ has two backgrounds. The painted one, similar to yours. And the “Stadium” version

Thanks, I was unaware of this set until recently but now I'm actively hunting these, esp because Palace of the Fans images are not common. By comparison here is the "standard" version. Both backdrops look painted to me but the right hand buildings are different. I don't have a good explanation for why they would use two different painted backgrounds....

“Safe” features Jimmy Collins of the Red Sox, in street shoes, snagging a wild throw at Huntington Ave Grds… And a wee bit of 1907 Photoshop magic