Frederick Photo Cards

[seattlerainiers]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

I spotted this one floating in the interweb air and thought I would share, because of the partial neighboring 'card'.

Brian

Heh!

My card and accompany article on the interweb. Some of you may enjoy the article. There are other visuals, including some Zees:

http://sportspressnw.com/2156392/201...00-hit-machine

[BeanTown]

Ethan, would love to see your Ruth posted here in this thread. Its a great "baseball" card and my second favorite Ruth behind the Baltimore News "baseball card".

[LincolnVT]

Ok...I was holding off, but you have been pretty generous in showing me some of your treasures / hidden gems!

Originally Posted by BeanTown

Ethan, would love to see your Ruth posted here in this thread. Its a great "baseball" card and my second favorite Ruth behind the Baltimore News "baseball" card.

[LincolnVT]

Here is my SGC 20...

[TUM301]

Nice Ethan, The Babe as a Red Sox. Awesome !!

[SetBuilder]

From an aesthetic perspective, these cards are hideous and unsightly. By the time these cards were printed, there were higher quality methods available to make better looking cards. It looks like this Frederick photo company chose the cheapest and lowest quality materials to make this set. Not sure what makes them so coveted other than their rarity.

[BeanTown]

Originally Posted by SetBuilder

From an aesthetic perspective, these cards are hideous and unsightly. By the time these cards were printed, there were higher quality methods available to make better looking cards. It looks like this Frederick photo company chose the cheapest and lowest quality materials to make this set. Not sure what makes them so coveted other than their rarity.

Will you be working on the set now?

[rhettyeakley]

Originally Posted by SetBuilder

From an aesthetic perspective, these cards are hideous and unsightly. By the time these cards were printed, there were higher quality methods available to make better looking cards. It looks like this Frederick photo company chose the cheapest and lowest quality materials to make this set. Not sure what makes them so coveted other than their rarity.

Everything you just wrote is the exact reason I love the cards. They are weird, quirky, unique, rare, and rudimentary... but at the same time awesome because they are exactly that way.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I have no idea what makes them "hideous and unsightly" to you as they are simply small real photos of baseball players, many of which feature unique images not found anywhere else.

All that being said one of the most popular sets of cards of all time (1912 Boston Garter's) are in my opinion so weird they border on hideous, even though the lithography was well done. Who honestly wants a card of Napoleon Lajoie slowly hiking up his sexy Garters? Then you have both Christy Mathewson and Hal Chase posed where they literally look like they are trying to seduce you.

The 1913 Boston Garter's, however, are amazing cards!

[Bicem]

Originally Posted by BeanTown

Ethan, would love to see your Ruth posted here in this thread. Its a great "baseball" card and my second favorite Ruth behind the Baltimore News "baseball" card.

Why is baseball in quotes?

[BeanTown]

Originally Posted by Bicem

Why is baseball in quotes?

Emphasizing I look at it as a baseball card and not a photo. Not to get in a debate over it, but its my opinion. Great card Ethan and thanks for posting.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by BeanTown

Emphasizing I look at it as a baseball card and not a photo. Not to get in a debate over it, but its my opinion. Great card Ethan and thanks for posting.

I figured you put the wrong word in quotes. "Card" might have been better to use there. There is no question it's baseball.

[edjs]

Here's my 2 cents, I mean, 2 cards/photos.

[yanksfan09]

Keep these coming, really cool set! Love the Alexander, never saw that before!

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by Bicem

Why is baseball in quotes?

Better.