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Originally Posted by Runscott
Albert's photo might explain this situation a bit better, but without additional information, it's still just theory. I'm going to guess that someone (Sport Magazine?) acquired an archive that included both prints and negatives, created reprints from some of the negatives and added slugs, then those ended up with WWP who in turn added their stamp to all of them. If that's the case, I can certainly see how someone who had handled only examples like Albert's, would assume that all examples were modern.
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If anything, since all of these types of photos that I have handled actually came from Sport Magazine's archives, I would think that it would be WWP that created reprints in the 1950's, added the slugs, then sent them off to Sport who added their stamp and eventually filed them in Sport's archives. For any reprints to have originated with Sport and wound up with WWP seems backward to me, given where they wound up.
Edited to add: If I'm going to reference photos I've handled, I guess I should show them
Here are a few that I was able to locate quickly. I'm sure there are more, but would require more digging than I have time for at the moment.
First one of Schoendienst is Type 1 from the period for comparison's sake. Last one is obviously a 2nd generation print, shown for its similarity of caption type.
