1951 Wheaties Premiums

[thecatspajamas]

I seem to remember Graig or perhaps Phil Nap (correct me if I'm wrong) doing a pimple analysis on another Mick photo once upon a time.

[BigJJ]

A recent thread covering a little -
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=168843
Craig - Frozen in Time - April May 1951
Will look for specific photos

[BigJJ]

April 10, 1951 - pimple - no pinstripes though - so in the timeframe - but not the exact date


http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-ph...friend?popup=1

[PhilNap]

Originally Posted by thecatspajamas

I seem to remember Graig or perhaps Phil Nap (correct me if I'm wrong) doing a pimple analysis on another Mick photo once upon a time.

Probably Graig. Way too much time on his hands.

[BigJJ]

It is the picture from his 1951 Wheaties premium - home pinstripes are more clear here -

http://catalog.scpauctions.com/lot-12986.aspx

[BigJJ]

On certain days in April, Mantle is wearing a long sleeve underjersey - other days a short sleeve underjersey - such as the photo in question.

So we're looking for date where Mantle has the same pimple display, is wearing a home jersey, no patch on upper left arm, shortsleeve underjersey, Yankee Stadium, in April 1951.

[whiteymet]

Originally Posted by BigJJ

On certain days in April, Mantle is wearing a long sleeve underjersey - other days a short sleeve underjersey - such as the photo in question.

So we're looking for date where Mantle has the same pimple display, is wearing a home jersey, no patch on upper left arm, shortsleeve underjersey, Yankee Stadium, in April 1951.

Jon:

Here is the ORIGINAL photo on the Getty site.

http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/ne...VItFb3Wu.xLWQQ

It says circa 1955, Created 1/1/55 Obviously the photo was not taken on New Years day, but do you know how Getty dates the photos?

note NO PINSTRIPES. They must have been added to the "Wheaties" issue.

Also ALL uniforms in 1951 had the arm patch, so my take is the shot can not be from 1951.

We are trying to determine the date of the photo to see if indeed the "Wheaties" set could have been issued in 1951. If the dates on the Getty site are correct and the photo is from 1955 then the set cannot be 1951.

Make sense? Any ideas?

Fred

[doug.goodman]

I can't date it, but here's another time it was used...

[Runscott]

You guys are making me feel huge, with all the '1951' talk. Be careful - my card ego is already too big, no need to add to my growing autograph ego.