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Posted By: Brad Green
I acquired the Grove card below just a few days ago. I have never seen these cards before. The person I bought it from called it a Bra-Mac Photo and said it was made in the 1960's. The other cards that the person had were all of 1930's players. The card measures 3 1/2 by 4 15/16 and is glossy with a blank back. Can anyone provide more information about these cards? My specific questions are: |
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Posted By: davidcycleback
I beleive these were issued by Chicago photographer George Brace. Don't know who is Mac, but perhaps he was a partner in the deal. I don't recall when they were issued, but 1960s sounds reasonable. I don't beleive the year of issue is known for any of these types of Brace/Jim Rowe/other photos and photo postcards, and they may have been sold sold for more than one year. They were sold commercially, often via mail order, so are not unlike baseball cards. |
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Posted By: Paul
Larry Fritsch has been advertising hundreds of these in his last few catalogs. They appear to be photos with a nameplate glued to the bottom. That's all I know. |
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Posted By: Brad Green
I got this one from Frisch. I guess he had them in storage for 35 years and has decided to sell them. |
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Posted By: Gilbert Maines
That name tag on the "card" looks remarkably like the old Dymo plastic labels which were everywhere in the '60s. |
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Posted By: Jeff Drum
Can't help you any with this particular issue but I have been buying Rowe and Brace PCs for years to use to send away in the mail for autographs. I have not ordered in a couple of years but last time I did so I believe it was from Mary Brace or Jim Rowe. |
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Posted By: Rich Klein
But if anyone has better information; I'd be happy to add to our player list and change the years in our Data Base. |
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Posted By: davidcycleback
For his regular 8x10" photo, Brace usually stamped his name and Chicago address on back. Most of the 50s-60s subjects were shot by him, though many of the 1930s and earlier images were shot by George Burke and others. Burke had a distinct style, so his images are usually easy to identify. For those who don't know, Burke and Brace were business partners and Burke first hired Brace as an assistant when Brace was a kid. |
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Posted By: Tim Newcomb
These were issued around 1973-75. When I was a teenager and just getting into older material, I bought a bunch of them (mostly Reds) because that was what I could afford. They were very cheap and I loved the sharp colorized photos. Obviously they are from the Burke-Brace archive of negatives. |
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Posted By: Stephen Mitchell
After a bit of searching, the February 1974 and March 1974 issues of SPORTS SCOOP reveal some early information on the Bra-Mac cards. George Brace ran full page advertisements in which he introduced "The First Full-Color Picture Set of the 1930's!" |
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Posted By: Brad Green
I guess that pretty much nails them down to 1974, with the possibility that some of the later series could have been issued in 1975. |
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Posted By: Dan K
As far as I know, The "Mac" in Bra-Mac is for McCarthy.... |
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The 1974 Bra-Mac 1930s set consists of 288 colorized photo cards. The photos are George Brace photos and colorized by Bill MacAlister. Hence the name Bra-Mac. Many years ago I visited Bill MacAlister at his home near Chicago and he colorized some photos while I was visiting him. There were quite a few Bra-Mac sets that were produced and sold between 1974 and 1976. Examples are the 1930's Bra-Mac Colorized Bonus Photos (I own 8 of the 12). There was a 1976 Colorized Hall of Fame Set of 156 (which I own), a 1976 Colorized New York Yankee set of 75 (which I own), an Informal Group Colorized set of 144 (which I own). There were many other sets which I do not own or have partials of such as a 1940s set of 160, Brooklyn Dodgers set, a St. Louis Browns set, a St. Louis Cardinals set, a Philadelphia A's set, a Head & Action set of 12 from 1975 (I own 9 of the 12). By the way, I am still missing 24 of the 1930's set.
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There are over 200 Bra-Mac photos on eBay right now. The vast majority for sale by "fritschscardauctions" at 2 to 3 times what other sellers are asking. Looks like they are copies of photos with Dymo labels applied to the originals.
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Yes, they are copies of George Brace black and white photos that will colorized by Bill MacAlister. I went to Bill's house and saw how he did the colorization. He had files cabinets of a large quantity of George Brace postcards. They were in a partnership together in doing the Bra-Mac sets.
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Hi Gang:
What can anyone tell me about a Bra-Mac card in B&W? See the Kelleher below side by side color/B&W same pose different cropping. Are other B&W's with the Dymo labels known?
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