1926 Unc issue (Negro League)

[triwak]

Nice stuff! And thanks for posting this link ^^ (above).

[Leon]

Great images and I agree; photos...

[darwinbulldog]

Rob Lifson (or whoever was writing his descriptions in 2004) used the term "photo card" for the Wells. Is that synonymous with RPPC? Or just photo? Or is it not really a standard term for anything?

[Exhibitman]

I don't think it is a term of art like "T card" but I've always used the term to differentiate between a real photo postcard, a real photo card, a card made by some printing process, and a photo. I'd label the Frederick Foto cards as "photo cards": they are real photo cards, as opposed to halftone print, litho, etc. This is a real photo but also a postcard, hence real photo postcard (RPPC):



Simple enough. And this is a photo that is card-sized:



Very similar to your NL items, which is why I am hesitant to label them cards rather than photos.

It can get confused. I know of several such sets in the boxing arena that were made both as RPPCs and as photo cards: a set issued by IFS that was for the Dempsey-Willard fight in 1919:



if it has a PC back it is a RPPC, if not it is a photo card.

There are tons of "photo cards" from prewar entertainment, usually made by studios to send to fans. This Dempsey was made to promote his film:



Here are a favorite pair of mine:

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There are others, I saw several on eBay, listed individually, a couple of years ago. Right now, I don’t have any more details than that. Of course, they are too old to find on eBay now as sold items. I never saw Bell, for the most part, they were not notable names. I didn’t buy any of them.