What Are These Called?

[Tsaiko]

Thanks and good eye bmarlowe1. This is what a real play looked like there.
I guess Kling is blocking the stairway.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pi...rld_Series.jpg
Full View:
http://www.ticketcity.com/images/wor...rld-series.jpg

Well if you guys don't know anything about these, I'll continue researching.

Maybe these were made special for "Big Jim" Colosimo to be hung in his brothels It would be nice if there was an interesting history behind these.

[Leon]

My best guess is that these were given to retailers (think Boston Garter but not as nice) to help advertise/sell the line of clothing. By showing a player(s) it would give an implicit endorsement of the product, not unlike any other advertising sign....card . They seem to be too big to be anything but an advertising sign, imo....It would be nice to find a mention of a player getting a few bucks for letting their likeness be used for promotion.

[Tsaiko]

Sounds like a plausible scenario Leon. The only reference I can find on W.D. Schmidt is a link to your personal collection, lol.

Maybe the players didn't get paid and W.D. Schmidt got batted out of business
Or maybe their suits were as bad as their ads

The truth is out there - waay out there.

[triwak]

Very cool large cards!