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Originally Posted by BioCRN
I picked up a couple 1932 ones to finish out my set. I got a near complete set from a trusted source and was rather uniform in size, so it will be easy to size compare for possible trimming.
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Many years ago I tried doing some research on Cubs pictures - somehow I determined the size of the 1944 Picture Pack was 6 x 8 1/2 and the size of the 1943 Picture Pack was 6 1/2 x 9. I do not remember how I came up with this anymore. Regarding the 1941 and 1942 this is what I wrote:
((I have found it difficult to separate the 1942 from the 1941 so had taken
people's word. However, I finally ran into a dealer who, when asked, said
he didn't know the difference. I decided to see if I could find the difference
between the 1941 and 1942. I checked the 1941 and 1942 Cubs Players books I have, wrote to the Cubs asking if they had Opening Day Rosters, and contacted another Cubs guy who has a web page. The Player Books didn't help as they were from Spring Training. The Cubs never got back to me and the other Cubs guy couldn't help either. I found players who were with the Cubs in 1941 and not 1942 so that makes them in the 1941 Cub Pack. I found the players who were with the Cubs starting in 1942 so those are definitely 1942. The rest I suspect are 1941 photos used also for 1942 since we were at war and film was probably at a premium. I concluded the Cubs re-used 1941 photos in 1942 for those players who were with them in 1941 to save on supplies. They also may have had some photos left over so it was cheaper and easier to re-use them rather than take new photos.
Then I found a site that listed 1941 Cubs Team Issue and 1942 Team issue
check lists. I used these also as a starting point.))
I then bought a pack that came listed as 1942 so I used that for 1942. There were a couple players who were not with the Cubs in 1941 so that added credibility to it. Then, from an estate, I bought a a 1941 set in an album with a envelope so used that.
The ones I am getting from 1944 and 1943 from PCB are mostly ones that I need for the 1944 set. They were also a couple that only played with the Cubs in 1943. So I will find it interesting to check the size of these and compare with my writing from years ago.