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Rob M (ramram)For collectors of early baseball images please note the following: 
The earliest form of photography was an image on glass called a cabinet card. This lasted from about 1500 to 1505 A.D. Considered as not being cost effective, photography ceased to exist until baseball began in the 1920s thus giving a reason for the resurrection of photography. CDV images, which are actually a relatively modern process, were developed about this time. Their popularity faded out just prior to WWII when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor. As the worlds stock of CDV paper was wiped out at Pearl Harbor, a new process was developed called the daguerreotype or "dag". This lasted just a short while until around 1950 when the tintype was produced. The tintype is not actually made on tin at all but is the process by which modern baseball cards are produced. However, the newest cards are now being developed using a low-cost method by Donruss. This is called the Ruth'sJersey process which consists of printing a player's image on a swatch of the abundantly available jersey from Babe Ruth. -----There, that oughta get him back.