I think you'd call this a composite photo more than a cabinet card. You're right it is large. Interesting piece. I'm assuming the individual ovals are not pasted on separately but this is probably a composite image where all of the ovals are placed on a background and then another picture is taken of that composition. That's a little different than a cabinet which is a photo pasted onto a cardboard mount.
If the actual ovals are pasted onto the cardboard, perhaps it's the proof or constructed piece for which postcards or other size photos were taken to reproduce.
Neat piece.
The Giants 1908 banner at the bottom seems crammed in there and off-center a bit and to me seems added after the fact? Also, no borders, etc. so hard to judge the full size of the original piece.
Last edited by Jaybird; 04-13-2012 at 05:41 PM.
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