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Originally Posted by barrysloate
If the guides were issued in March, as has been suggested, there would be a very small window for the photographs to have been taken in the same year. Maybe a 1924 Guide could have a photo that was taken in January, 1924, I guess that's possible, but they would likely have been shot in 1923 or earlier. We can't assume every player posed for a studio shot every season, so when the guides were assembled the most recent available photograph would have been used.
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That being said, I believe I have a special photo that just got a ton more special. Below is my rookie Gehrig, conlon shot... it was published in the 1924 reach guide and listed as part of the 1923 team;
"GROUP OF NEW YORK YANKEES-- WORLD'S CHAMPIONS 1923" in tHE caption above the names. It would be one of the earliest Gehrig photos in a yankee uniform as well as the only known Conlon from 1923. This is why I am so interested. I really do want to learn about these guides though as they have a ton of info(including pictures
). I like pictures..haha.