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Originally Posted by brianp-beme
I always felt the same way...but to be fair, they also have 1935 stats on the back instead of 1934 (and in some cases 1933). I always wished they instead issued the cards seen on that 12 card proof sheet (as seen in the first scan, and what I believe is the Pete Fox original artwork seen on that sheet)...those cards really have a colorful geometric background.
Brian (also shown is the original artwork and matching card for Julius Solters...by the way, none of these are mine)
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The Fox artwork is the most unusual in that National Chicle converted a batting image into a fielding one. Source photo had been used in a more traditional way by Goudey two years earlier and again in 1936 as Wide Pen Premium.
