Help with Babe Photo

[Leon]

Not being a photo expert, can anyone help identify what type of photo this would be? It is on very thick stock and is approx. 12 1/2" x 9 1/2". It looks old, to me and has great focus, but I don't know other than that....obviously these pics are cropped. My scanner isn't large enough...Thanks for any help on it.

ps..the bottom numbers, on front, lower right are - 92-120

[lumberjack]

This is a publicity photo from a 1927 silent film starring Ruth and Anna Q Nilsson.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by lumberjack

This is a publicity photo from a 1927 silent film starring Ruth and Anna Q Nilsson.

Do you think it would be from that year or later? Thanks for the help...
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[lumberjack]

I would guess this is a Type I. I have a lobby card of this film and it never occurred to me that these would be later copies.

[TUM301]

Hey Leon, here`s another 8 X 10 publicity shot from the movie. Has the same type numbers lower right corner. Not sure where I got it but believe it to be period, 1927.
1927 Babe Comes Home on site Movie Instructions by Hugh Murphy, on Flickr

[JustinD]

I really like the photo and thought it was cool when I saw Kevin Conway have it on his site. Definitely enough to look into it with a tad of research because I only know enough about photos to be dangerous to myself, lol.

All of the traceable examples I could find were press used and all had a Brown Bros. stamp. These all also include the reference numbers scraped on the negatives.

After much debate, I hit a wall on feeling happy that it was either part of a publicity package that was not used for purposes intended and never stamped for return, Perhaps some period purchasable item meant for scrapbooking, or worst case someone reusing the negatives at a later time in the 40s or 50s.

Again, I am a moron with photos but looking forward to someone with knowledge jumping in as that photo was a long afternoon of thought when I saw it, lol.watching this thread closely because I love new info!