What did I buy?

[pencil1974]

So picked this up off eBay the other day and have no idea what it is besides its in poor condition(as you can see). I looped the text at the bottom and its slightly embossed into the board and it passed the blacklight test.

Any ideas would be helpful.

[ullmandds]

dunnno what it is...but it is COOOOOL...and I see COBB!!!!

[pencil1974]

It reminds me a bit of the W600 sporting news (never owned one) but seems to be be paper on a cabinet mount of some sort.

Sorry the photo is small, it has crawford, jennings and cobb on it.

[pawpawdiv9]

similar to this one I found:

I tried finding a thread on it here, but the images are gone, but it mention it being made later, like 1910??

[pencil1974]

Yeah the photo is from 1910 I do know that for sure. I thought it was different something you don't see and the price wasn't super crazy so I said what the hell.

[pencil1974]

Any ideas on who the two guys in the corners are? Thanks for the compliment Pete I thought it was cool too and thanks for the help Chris.

I did find the photo that attributes it to 1910 with the listing of most of the people in the photo. Again no idea what it was for and the two dudes in the corners.

[seablaster]

Originally Posted by pencil1974

Any ideas on who the two guys in the corners are?

Hughie Jennings and Boss Schmidt

[pencil1974]

Thanks! Wonder why they put them in twice since they are in the photo too.

[drcy]

It'a a team cabinet card of some sort. Perhaps sold commercially or given to VIPs. If it's original it's a nice piece and I've not seen it before. Obviously it has condition issues.

[pencil1974]

Yeah I don't know how to go about telling if it's original. It looks original to me but that doesn't mean a whole lot. lol.

The size is roughly 6"x8.5"

[drcy]

Just from the pictures, it looks good. On second thought, I think it likely was a commercially sold item.