ca.1939 Reds Team Issue (real photo) cards??

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Posted By: fkw

Anyone have or ever seen these??? I just picked up 2 of them.

ca.1939 Cincinnati Reds Team Issue (uncataloged)

Modern card size 2-1/2" by 3-1/2"

Real Photo (w/facsimile signature)
Back stamp from the team, along with a card number.

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

Yep....someone had about 30 of them in one lot on ebay either last year or two years back....I specifically search for snapshot photos and that's how they were listed. I was the underbidder on that lot, and I don't remember who won them, but it looks like they got broken up...or more were found?

I'm guessing internal photos used for programs, newsletters or whatever else the Reds needed them for.

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Posted By: Tim James

If those photo's are autographed,that would be a sweet set of photographs !! Very desirable !!

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

They are facsimile autographs....not real.

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Posted By: davidcycleback

They could be press photos, sent out to the press, though press photos usually aren't that small. Also, fascimile signatures are rarely put on press photos. Fascimile sigs are usually for commercial items-- for the fans.

In cases, teams made player/team photos that they both sold to fans and sent to the press. I had the press photo collection of a sportswriter and it included team issues. So it's not always an either/or situation.