T206 Jack Dunn - Horizontal or Not?

[CobbSpikedMe]

Originally Posted by CW

The game was played differently back then.

Thank you for posting this card CW. This card is all you need to see that the Dunn is NOT and odd pose for a vertical image.


AndyH


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[CW]

Originally Posted by CobbSpikedMe

Thank you for posting this card CW. This card is all you need to see that the Dunn is NOT and odd pose for a vertical image.

No problem, Andy. To give credit where it's due, Mike posted that Shannon card in the old thread I linked with this post.

I also like Ed's point about the horizon line being evident on all the horizontals.

Jim R. also posted the Bay card in the Jack dunn poll thread from a few years ago, which has a similar pose to the Shannon.

[brianp-beme]

An interesting little tidbit I found out about Dunn on the web that might pertain to this orientation discussion:

When he (Dunn) was nine, a boxcar ran over his left arm while playing at a local railway. He was told by doctors that his arm had to be either amputated or risk death. He declined an amputation, but his arm was left crippled from above the elbow and couldn't lift the arm above his neck.

Does this make the fielding position on his T206 more vertical or horizontal? I have no idea, but maybe someone here has some ideas.

Brian

[KMayUSA6060]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

An interesting little tidbit I found out about Dunn on the web that might pertain to this orientation discussion:

When he (Dunn) was nine, a boxcar ran over his left arm while playing at a local railway. He was told by doctors that his arm had to be either amputated or risk death. He declined an amputation, but his arm was left crippled from above the elbow and couldn't lift the arm above his neck.

Does this make the fielding position on his T206 more vertical or horizontal? I have no idea, but maybe someone here has some ideas.

Brian

Wow... A boxcar ran over his arm, and his arm wasn't immediately severed? That's crazy!

To me, this would suggest it is a vertical orientation.