Cropped image N172

[alywa]

This is a recent pickup from Heritage. Aside from it being a Script Seties HOFer, I was intrigued by the cropped image. I’ve seen the Brooklyn minis, but I’ve never seen another player / card that is cropped square like Smiling Micky here… does anyone have or know of any other players or poses like this?

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[Joe_G.]

Yes, an interesting card. I've previously theorized that the original image captured on glass plate negative was landscape and Goodwin chose to make a card in portrait. That pose of Welch is catalogued in cabinet form, but I haven't been able to study it. Would be interesting to see if the cabinet is portrait or landscape.

The Brooklyn minis do give a similar but different appearance for reasons explored in the book.

There are some other cards in which the cabinets the cards are based on are trimmed or covered in a fashion that leaves larger "white" areas. Cards such as McGunnigle and every Browns Champ and Gypsy Queen.

There are also quite a few vignette portraits that make a transition to a white background . . . portraits such as Anson, Honest John Kelly, and Phenomenal Smith (I'm sure there are others).

Nice card of Smiling Mickey.

[alywa]

Ahhhh… I like that theory!

[Leon]

For reference...

[alywa]

It intrigues me that the old Judge logo is outside of the image (similar to the Browns Champions)… I can’t find an example of another card that has this. The minis still have the logo in the image.

[oldjudge]

Here is the N173 of that pose