Yankees Team Pack pictures?

[trib01]

I keep posting these in the wrong place LOL I really need to pay more attention...
Does anyone happen to know what these are? Team Picture Pack? Just some glossy photos of Yankee players? I can't seem to find them anywhere.

As an update - even a reverse image search provides me with nothing.

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[AustinMike]

It is a team set. Whether it was issued by the Yankees or someone else, I do not know. I've attached a photo of the envelope the set came in along with the photos in the set (which match yours). Based on the players included in the set, I'm guessing that the set is from 1951.

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[trib01]

A huge help! I will have to start trying to figure out where these came from and what they are now. Having the envelop definitely lends credibility. Maybe some kind of 50s uncatalogued team set then?

[AustinMike]

Originally Posted by trib01

A huge help! I will have to start trying to figure out where these came from and what they are now. Having the envelop definitely lends credibility. Maybe some kind of 50s uncatalogued team set then?

Definitely uncatalogued. One of several uncatalogued sets probably. I have never seen or found a listing for sets from 1952 or 1954, but I figure they must be out there. In addition, I think some of the catalogued information is incorrect, e.g., the 1958 Yankee photo pack.

Good luck trying to find more information about them. If you find anything, please let us know.

[nolemmings]

I was hoping this post would gain more traction and catch the eyes of team issue or Yankee collectors. As I mentioned in the other thread posted on the pre-war side, the presence of Jackie Jensen and Johnny Mize places this set as being issued in the 50's, and I now believe it was from 1951, as Austin Mike suggests. Jensen was a two-sport sensation at Cal who was acquired by the Yankees in 1950, which provides the earliest date for the photos, and since he was gone from New York less than a month into the 1952 season, that leaves a narrow window. Of course Dimaggio’s last season with the team was 1951, so unless his photo was included as some sort of homage, the set was from 1951. What I find odd is the inclusion of three coaches– Crosetti, Dickey and Henrich – in a 12 card/picture set. Also strange is why it would not include Mantle, who was being trumpeted as a star before he arrived that rookie year of 1951, or maybe even a young Whitey Ford.

The Phil Rizzuto photo really seems to pin down the year of issue to 1951, based on the outfield sign advertising seen in the background. Note that the sign seen along the left field line is for “Rainbo”, which is the same sign found in photos from Mantle’s first spring training in 1951– you can google it– one of which formed the basis of his 1951 Bowman rookie card. Also note that the Yankees held spring training in Phoenix in 1951 and only that year. So if the historians are correct as to the Mantle photos then Rizzuto’s pic must have been taken in 1951, and given the other player and coach selections in the set, the entire group would seem to be from 1951 also. Of course the origin of who produced it remains a mystery.

[trib01]

I will start some exhausted internet searching as well doing my best to consult with some other collectors on these, but I agree that 1951 seems appropriate. I will update here if I find anything else out.