Tuesday Trivia....What TWO HOFers wore #7......

[Matt]

I asked above but it got buried. Weren't all the cards printed vertically? If so, what is this discussion really about?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Bill G. says horizontal.

http://www.goodwinandco.com/LotDetail2.aspx?lotid=3721

[tedzan]

The undisputed SIX horizontal cards in the T206 set were printed in the 1st (150) series.
and were issued in 1909. American Litho. produced the T206's in basic formats of 6 cards
throughout all the T206 series. Now, observe closely these 6 horizontal cards shown here.
You cannot confuse them with all the rest of the 518 VERTICALLY printed cards, as their
background scenes are also HORIZONTALLY arrayed.

There are no HORIZONTAL cards found in the 350 series (of which Jack Dunn's card is in),
nor are there any HORIZONTAL cards found in the 460 series. If there were, there would
be FIVE additional such cards.

If you chose to think that Dunn is a HORIZONTAL card, then that's your prerogative. How-
ever, those of us who have gained insight into how these cards were produced know that
this Dunn card is just another one of the 518 VERTICAL cards in the T206 set.






TED Z

[ElCabron]

Where is Dunn looking if it's an over the shoulder catch? Did the ball soar out to left field and then get caught in a tornado that blew it back to the infield?

The only way that's an over the shoulder catch is if it was a high pop up around the mound and he misplayed it by running in too far toward home plate before turning around and making an over the shoulder stab at it. He's looking almost straight up, not back behind him.

Can't believe I'm posting in a T206 thread. Sometimes there are moments that reflect back to you exactly where you're at in life and you realize you hate what you've become.

-Ryan

[packs]

I don't think its the print run that determines if a card is horizontal or not. It may be that the definitely horizontal cards were printed at one time, but why does that mean a horizontal card couldn't have just been conceived later?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Ted those are certainly good points, especially that the other clearly horizontal cards have horizons. The pose just doesn't make sense to me, I guess if I had to argue it was vertical I would say he had his back to the plate and was chasing fly in short left field or foul territory.

[tedzan]

I fully agree with your......
"I would say he had his back to the plate and was chasing a fly in short left field or foul territory.

Unfortunately, American Litho. (ALC) designed this Jack Dunn card with a solid background. Had
they drawn it with a scenic background, we wouldn't be going thru this silly exercise. Perhaps,
some one will find the source photo that ALC used to create this Dunn card; and then, we will
have a better understanding of this pose.


TED Z

[Matt]

Originally Posted by packs

I don't think its the print run that determines if a card is horizontal or not. It may be that the definitely horizontal cards were printed at one time, but why does that mean a horizontal card couldn't have just been conceived later?

I agree.

[Anthony S.]

Originally Posted by Matt

I asked above but it got buried. Weren't all the cards printed vertically? If so, what is this discussion really about?

For me it was simply an opportunity to practice my limited photoshop skills...