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Old 02-19-2012, 03:22 PM
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I picked these up about 5 years ago at an estate auction in mid-Michigan. There were not any other postcards offered in that sale. I have always wondered how they were distributed, their history, why the same player would have a slightly different image, if there were 'others', etc. Thanks for the initial responses.

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Well, I'm not sure I've seen a Burke postcard before...he used to do photos on postcard sized paper, but with a blank back. Jim Rowe in the 1960s distributed thousands upon thousands of Burke's images on Kodak postcards. Yours are AZO backs dating from 1927 to 1940 which is a really good thing.
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