Anyone else collect original photos that were used to make cards?

[thekingofclout]

Thank you all for the nice support of my first thread here at Net54. I appreciate all of your input.

David, that is some Matty you have there! Easily one of the finest extant.

Here is a Matty original photo by the master lensman Paul Thompson that was clearly used in making his 1914 Cracker Jack issue:

http://tinyurl.com/m6b53j

And a popular Conlon original of Gehrig:

http://tinyurl.com/mns4d8