Henry Gruber OJs - Fat Bottom Border

[Joe_G.]

There are several uncut sheets of Old Judge cards known but all dating to 1887. Some of these examples show sheets dedicated to a single team, other times the players/teams appear to be somewhat mixed/random. With more and more teams introduced each year it is likely that team sheets were less common although the presented cards of Henry Gruber, all dating to 1889, suggest at least three of his five poses were on the bottom row of a sheet; perhaps a dedicated Cleveland sheet. If these cards were anything but the bottom row the neighboring card would be visible at bottom border.

I can only claim 2 of the 4 cards as belonging to my collection.

I know this is only of interest to a few, but post worthy to me . This may not prove team sheets remained throughout the production run of Old Judge cards, but at least suggests individual player's poses were grouped together.