Thank you for everyone's help! Having it in hand, it does appear to be real but I will double check it with a blacklight and a loupe later this week. My small amount of googling thus far shows that the company produced organs and their name is found on other tradecards of the era. And thank you to David and Barry for the historical insights. I doubted the cage was ever actually used but I had no idea there are other images out there. I might have stumbled upon a new area to collect (images showing the umpire in a cage).
Thanks again,
Alan
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