Has anybody ever seen these 1935 Reds before?

[Chris-Counts]

The tape residue that remains after taking them out of an album looks like it will come off quite easy. Here's Ernie Lombardi, Jim Bottomley, Babe Herman, Tony Frietas, Adam Comorosky and Paul Derringer. Sunny Jim sure loved that pose, which is almost identical his two Batter-Up cards ...

[bcbgcbrcb]

Awesome photos, Chris!

My guess is that they are snapshot photos taken by a pretty good photographer and not really a card or team issue.

[FrankWakefield]

I think those are photos from the Quality Photo Shop. It was on Vine Street in Cincinnati. In the 30's, 40's, 50's, and maybe beyond, they were the official photographers for the Cincinnati Reds, I believe. You could go in there and buy photos of various sizes, or you could buy them through the mail. Even in the 50's you could buy photos of 30's ballplayers. I'm pretty sure that's what you have.

Frank W.

[Chris-Counts]

That's very interesting, Frank. That might explain where all these different Reds photos come from. It certainly makes sense that they were the official photographers for the Reds ... the quality of the images is fantastic. They must not have made too many either, since they rarely show up on eBay, and I search every week for Reds photos from the 30s and 40s ...