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Posted By: <b>Rick Swaine</b><p>Can anyone provide information on this item? &quot;Walter Schmidt&quot; is written on the back in pencil. I was told it was a 1936 Deckle, but it's not listed in the catalog and Schmidt's career eneded in 1925.<br><br><br><br><br><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1239136252.JPG" alt="[linked image]">

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Posted By: <b>davidcycleback</b><p>It's a circa 1940s Kodak snapshot photo-- the deckle edge was a common style for snapshots in that period. I've seen one or two other deckle edge snapshots of earlier players. I think I saw one of Ty Cobb. I know little about them, but perhaps they were issued by Jim Rowe, George Brace or someone like that. Rowe was a baseball photographer who sold small baseball photos to the public via mail order. Brace did similar. <br><br>I had a bunch of Rowe snap shot-sized non-deckle baseballs photos, with the original receipt from him so I know they issued by him, and the photos weren't labeled or stamped with his name anywhere. The circa 1950s photos showed players from a whole range of eras, from Duke Snider to to Willie Keeler. I don't know if yours is a Rowe, but it's on the order of something he'd make.

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Posted By: <b>Dan McCarthy</b><p>Here are some snapshots I have that have a similar edge; obviously post-1925 though. These are sometime from the 1940s or 50s.<br><br><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/collectbaseball/PiratesWrigley4.jpg" alt="[linked image]"><br><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/collectbaseball/PiratesWrigley1-1.jpg" alt="[linked image]">

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Posted By: <b>PC</b><p>Looks like Dennis Hopper used to catch.

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Posted By: <b>Scott Mt. Joy</b><p>My Deckle photo-<br><br><a href="http://s112.photobucket.com/albums/n182/smtjoy/Misc%20Card%20stuff/?action=view&amp;current=WanerPhotoFront.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n182/smtjoy/Misc%20Card%20stuff/WanerPhotoFront.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

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Posted By: <b>Mark</b><p>That is 100% for sure Walter Schmidt.<br><br><img src="http://i581.photobucket.com/albums/ss259/bmarlowe1/41f5dcb2.jpg" alt="[linked image]"><br>

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Posted By: <b>fkw</b><p><img src="http://centuryoldcards.com/images/veloxryanphoto.jpg" alt="[linked image]">