Posted By:
Bob CasmerLeon,
I know exactly what you have. About a year ago, at a flea market, I picked up a couple pages from a woman's scrap book that someone was selling. Attached to the pages were score cards purchased when she attended a couple Cleveland Indians games back in 1946 or 1947 (forgot the exact year). Included with the one scorecard was a team photo of the Indians, with the exact same logo and stylized facsimile signatures on the back as your team photo, except is was for the '46 or '47 Indians team. The team photo fit perfectly inside the folded over scorecard and was obviously distributed as a premium with its purchase. The woman who created the scrapbook also wrote a brief note about going to the the games with her Aunt and Uncle. She also attached one of her ticket stubs to one page of the scrap book and in the other scorecard, she taped the actual pencil she used to score the game. It was a No. 2 pencil, still sharpened, and had "The Cleveland Indians" embossed in black on one face of the pencil's yellow faces. The team photo I have is about as perfect as it can be and looks like it was just purchased yesterday. Luckily, it was not taped or glued to the actual scorecard or scrap book page.
Other than your's, Ive never seen one of these team photos before. Good catch.