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Originally Posted by Johnphotoman
Thank you- TCMA Andrew Aronstein:
I am no expert, I believe you are right, but I was in printing for many years, I know you can make a print from the original negative and add names to a new print in black or white, right from the original negative, if it was in white, it would be called a knockout, all that means is the white part of the photo paper would come through, as white type, (name).
There would be no need to make a copy from a print to do so. But that is in printing, I do not know how it was done with the old photos. But as you said it would be easier to make a photostat from the original negative, and use that to make a new negative to mass produce photos with the names on them.
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In photography you could add the text with use of an overlay on top of the original negative but it is FAR more likely they were creating copy prints. I say this largely because the chances they had access to the original negatives is next to zilch - also we have evidence of how National Sports Photos, Inc. was working as provided by this photo that sold through LOTG and the copy print of same image shown in the advertising below:
https://bid.loveofthegameauctions.co...e?itemid=31181
