Piedmont 350-460 Factory 42 Color Survey

[frohme]

Add another Leifield batting - dark (med?) blue

[Abravefan11]

Mike - That's a well loved dark blue.

[marcdelpercio]

Tim,
Here is my Crawford (with bat). The registration is light but the ink color is definitely dark.

[willworkforT206]

Tim,

Great thread.

I own the following:

Ames (Hands Above Head) - Light
Bender (No Trees) - Dark
Snodgrass (Catching) - Light

Looks like the Bender (No Trees) is one that has both light and dark blue backs.

Steve

[mrvster]

Sorry Tim!

i had to ask....if anyone is interested in parting w a piedy 42(condition not an issue), shoot me an email....

I love this back for some reason

[mcadams]

Tim-
I'm sure you've considered this already, but why wouldn't you think that all the factory 42's started out dark blue, and some have just faded more than others over the years?

It might be nice to take the light blue backs you have and see if the ink on the front of those cards may also be lighter than expected. Correlation between light ink on front and back may help you figure the mystery out as well.

[Abravefan11]

Originally Posted by mcadams

...why wouldn't you think that all the factory 42's started out dark blue, and some have just faded more than others over the years?

Michael - Because the color variations are too great. T206's that were placed in scrapbooks or tucked away 100 years ago will appear darker and richer in color than ones that have been well handled and worn but both will still be relatively the same color. The contrast in the light blue and dark blue Piedmont 42's is too great in my opinion (and I believe others) to have originally been the same shade of blue.