Uncatalogued Strip Cards?

[Butch7999]

Phil, there are a couple of differences in the graphic style between the images. The Street and Simmons cards
(if they are cards) have a larger font for their names, and have a "boxed" background (interior borders).
The Almeida and Robinson cards use a smaller font size and lack the interior border. So maybe they weren't
issued the same year (or decade). Not sure that means anything, since that would be one of each style
for the "1910s" cards and one of each for the "1920s." Sorry, just an observation...

[bcbgcbrcb]

Good observation, I did notice that also. What has me puzzled though is the matching pairs have one player from each decade. Almeida and Street are the earlier pair with two different fonts and Simmons/Robinson are the later pair, also with two different fonts.

[Butch7999]

Yeah, just edited as you were replying to note that we had mixed the pairings.
Corrected now, and your reply is indeed valid.

[bcbgcbrcb]

Patrick:

I think the later coaching theory might have something to do with it. After a long break in between, Street did coach in St. Louis around 1929-30. Although he continued to play winter ball internationally, I don’t see Almeida being a coach in the U.S. during the 1920’s though. Was he?

[Butch7999]

Odds against this detail being of any help are astronomical, but does anyone see the squiggle
above and to the right of Almeida's name as an artist's signature? "Toldello"? "Talofuo"?
"Sometimes a squiggle is just a squiggle"...

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by Butch7999

above and to the right of Almeida's name as an artist's signature?

Definitely a signature; Torcello?

[bcbgcbrcb]

Looks like Torsello to me. Also interesting that Almeida appears in a suit while the other three are in uniform. Maybe that explains why the 1920’s era didn’t make sense for his playing career ending in 1913, they presented him in later years, possibly as a baseball executive or something like that? Still very odd.....

[Vintagecatcher]

Almeida coached outside of the States.

Patrick