1st Color Caramel Set....E91-A....show us your cards ?

[brianp-beme]

Here is the T204 comparison card with a photo of Jimmy Collins that, although not the one utilized to portray his face on the E91A card, in my opinion definitely shares enough similarities to Jimmy Collins to classify as a decent match. In E91B they utilized this same artwork and identified the player as Frank Baker.

I also added a photo of Jimmy Collins I found on the internet that seems to be a pretty good match, and possibly could have been the one used by the E91 artists.

Brian

[benge610]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Here is the T204 comparison card with a photo of Jimmy Collins that, although not the one utilized to portray his face on the E91A card, in my opinion definitely shares enough similarities to Jimmy Collins to classify as a decent match. In E91B they utilized this same artwork and identified the player as Frank Baker.

I also added a photo of Jimmy Collins I found on the internet that seems to be a pretty good match, and possibly could have been the one used by the E91 artists.

Brian

Thank you Brian.

[molenick]

Here is my only one. Brian has a great thread that I can't find now with a lot of photo matches (I will post a link if I can find it). I believe there was no photo match for McGraw but that this might still actually be him.

[molenick]

Here is the link I was looking for:

https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...hlight=generic

[benge610]

Originally Posted by molenick

Here is the link I was looking for:

https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...hlight=generic

Thank you Michael for highlighting Brian's excellent work on this thread as well. All of this wealth of knowledge is in my printed, "E91" folder which I will eventually turn over to my oldest son; the heir apparent to all of his ol' man's "knowledge", lol.
Ben.

[benge610]

Originally Posted by molenick

Here is my only one. Brian has a great thread that I can't find now with a lot of photo matches (I will post a link if I can find it). I believe there was no photo match for McGraw but that this might still actually be him.

Beautiful McGraw, Michael. I believe that Brian has concretely established; the artists' work for the E91A was original for each subject. What I find even more tantalizing, with your piece; as with Waddell and McGinnity; E107 would be considered the true "rookie" card; supplement, cabinet, post card aside, for a moment. McGraw had a "1894 Alpha Photo-Engraving, Baltimore Orioles" card, but geez; I still think that the E91A of McGraw can be seen as his "Rookie Card" for the rest of us.
Just my two cents.
Ben