Uncatalogued Strip Cards?

[rhettyeakley]

Really hard to tell without having them in hand. They do have to look of newspaper artist renditions and my first inclination is a Frankenstein-card that someone made.

All that being said the subject selection defies all logic. Short of finding some reason a set would include a Rafael Almeida card along with a card of Al Simmons I have no reason to believe these were a vintage effort. Simmons was largely a late 1920’s-1930’s star which would not correlate with anything Almeida was doing at the time. Unlike Marsans, Almeida did continue having a career in baseball but that almost entirely consisted of playing outside the United States after the mid-1910’s.

Street and Robinson were managers as was noted but until Street was given a shot in the late 1920’s into the 1930’s he was mostly a minor league manager/coach. Thus a circa 1930 or so date would make sense for 3 of the subjects, the Almeida just doesn’t feel right.

[Webster]

According to his bio, in 1930 Almeida Managed the Cuban National Team to victory in the Central American Games. May well have been big enough at the time to include hims with other Managers (Street, Robinson) and one of the stars of the year (Simmons) in some type of issue.

[nolemmings]

Maybe in recognition of a barnstorming tour to Cuba circa 1930? Almeida coached/managed the Cuban National team around that time, Robby was still managing in Brooklyn then, Street had just started as a MLB manager and Simmons would have been a star player.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by nolemmings

Maybe in recognition of a barnstorming tour to Cuba circa 1930? Almeida coached/managed the Cuban National team around that time, Robby was still managing in Brooklyn then, Street had just started as a MLB manager and Simmons would have been a star player.

And all of this could tie in with the Hispanic sounding artist name, and perhaps mean it is a Cuban issue? Interesting stuff and conjecture.

Brian

[Exhibitman]

Broder of some sort is my first guess. I have a great looking Joe Jackson Broder that is a photocopy of an illustration, well aged.



Printed directly on the board, not glued.