1889 Gilbert & Bacon baseball cabinet id?

[Joe_G.]

Neat studio proof Leon. Very few OJs have a black copyright which I've always understood to be the result of scribing the copyright into the negative with a sharp point. What is a bit strange about this particular cabinet is the fact that the "D" in "COPYRIGHTED" appears it may extend onto the mount. I'm hoping this is an illusion since this would mean it was written onto this particular cabinet (not the negative) and then make the leap of explaining why the N172s have the same copyright (too far fetched to believe this proof was the exact card Goodwin & Co. based the N172 off of). Regardless of whether you follow my line of reasoning above, could you please confirm that the copyright is indeed all within the photo and part of the photo (ie not written onto this cabinet). Thank You!

[kkkkandp]

I don't know, Joe - it seems an awful lot like that one letter extends down to the mount. Looks like black ink on top of the image.

The photo of my Gilbert & Bacon cabinet of Gus Weyhing actually overlays the upper part of the G on the mount and has the Goodwin & Company embossing on the image itself (diagonally to the left of Gus' right knee and shin). Gus' name was also written on the mount, by a previous collector, I suspect. Finally, my mount does not have the street address that Leon's does.