Help identifying 1910 issue

[photomoto]

Some, perhaps all of the portraits are from photos by Chicago photographer Francis Burke. Photomoto

[brianp-beme]

That would make an awesome display...agreed! I am still confused by the use of the word 'portrait' in the ads. Were folks really that loose in the definition department back then? Now, yes, back then, not so much?

Brian (poor Larry McLean feels like everyone is his overachieving older brother)

[RUKen]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

...poor Larry McLean feels like everyone is his overachieving older brother

McLean was 6'5" and towered over most of the other players of the time. He may have felt like everyone else was his snotty younger brother...

[Webster]

The way I read it, that centerfold constitutes the "Portraits" included with the Fall Fashion Magazine. They are 'framed' artistic renderings of the players. I doubt they were issued individually; nor were there head and shoulder "portraits" as we would typically refer to T206 images.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Webster

The way I read it, that centerfold constitutes the "Portraits" included with the Fall Fashion Magazine. They are 'framed' artistic renderings of the players. I doubt they were issued individually; nor were there head and shoulder "portraits" as we would typically refer to T206 images.

Agreed. Mystery solved. And wonderful piece!

[drumback]

I don't agree that it is solved. The ad states you get the magazine AND the portraits, not the magazine with portraits inside. This, along with the fact they are not really portraits, leaves it an unsolved mystery, in my opinion.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by drumback

I don't agree that it is solved. The ad states you get the magazine AND the portraits, not the magazine with portraits inside. This, along with the fact they are not really portraits, leaves it an unsolved mystery, in my opinion.

It says "together with" the magazine, implying an insert, and the printed frames would justify the designation "portraits," IMO. But you never know, and I would certainly not want to discourage any efforts to unearth possible individual examples despite the fact that none have surfaced in the ensuing 100+ years.

[Bridwell]

Seems to me I've seen that Cobb pose on another collectible. I was thinking perhaps it was mistaken for a Baseball Magazine poster. I was thinking there might have been posters or photos sent with the catalog??