1948-49 Cleveland Indians Team Issues

[novakjr]

The other set on ebay. This one also contains 20 photo's.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Lot-20-1940s-Cle...item5182f87698

[tedzan]

I have the 1948 Team Issued Photo Pack (25 photos) and here are two sample photos from my pack.
All the photos are of player's portraits

The ones you have are either the 1949 Display photos or the 1949-50 Team photos.









TED Z

[Exhibitman]

Not sure where this fits in but I've also seen early 1950s Cleveland Indians PCs that don't match the cataloged lists, so I suspect that the depth of materials that were produced exceeds the catalog base. I have a nice Al Rosen signed and addressed in his hand to a fan and postmarked in a year when there aren't any cataloged Rosen PCs.

[novakjr]

Yeah Exhibitman, those were the team issued postcards. I believe the team used the same pc's for number of years. I think they were used when someone requested an autograph, they would have them signed and then mailed back to the person who requested it. I have one signed by Larry Doby, postmarked 1951. I can't honestly say that I've ever seen one not signed. So I can't really confirm whether or not there were ever actually sold-or how many total.

Once again, as with most team issues, they were the same photograph that Bowman used. My PC is the same photo used for the 1949 "Autographed Photo" pack(I believe they used the same photo for 50, 51 and maybe 52 but I'm not sure), the Num Num chip releases, 50 Bowman, 51 bowman, and I've seen the same PC signed and postmarked at least up to '54.

I'm sure you'll see similar instances with probably most players.