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Frank WakefieldWell for starters it has a caption. So it is not likely to be an original photograph.
Look at it with a loop, a really strong magnifying glass. If you see little dots, then it is a photo mechanical transfer. That would mean that what you have was printed in a book or magazine, or at least printed, the caption was added at that time.
If you illuminate it with black light and it fluoresces, then it is a post WW II item. Brighteners are added to most papers now, so they look better and brighter. Old paper lacks that. The brighteners shine when hit with black light.
There are some rascals out there that will buy an old scrapbook then add new stuff to it. Or add some new stuff to the old stuff. Imagine an old scrapbook with a bunch of genuine 1910 stuff in it, newspaper clippings and postcards. Then imagine someone soaking some reprint T206s in tea, rubbing them on bluejeans to get some wear, a resoaking in tea, a little time in the oven, then pasted into that old scrapbook.
It is still neat to have the image used in T202.