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Posted By: Geno
Has anyone seen this card before or know anything about it? I picked it up over here in the UK for 5 Pounds (about $9 or so). There are a few UK baseball cards I'm familiar with, but I hadn't ever seen this one in the Price Guide before. The seller said it is a 1934 Hill card. If anybody can identify the player or has any other info, I'd love to hear it! |
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Posted By: Max Weder
From the look and width of the stadium (ie football [soccer]field), my guess is that this would be something done as a result of the 1914 World Tour. |
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Posted By: Ryan Christoff
That's the identical photo used on a ca. 1915-1918 card issue called "Susini" produced in Cuba. The images are often colorized in the Cuban issue and there is a black border around the photo. There are a number of sports-related cards in the issue, but only 3 baseball. |
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Posted By: Ryan Christoff
Here's a scan of the Susini card: |
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Posted By: Scott Forrest
...look at all the room to the right of Speaker. |
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Posted By: Ryan Christoff
Scott, |
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Posted By: Scott Forrest
One thing I really like about these Cuban photo cards - you can scan them at very high resolution and make very clear prints. I have one of Jack Johnson hanging on my wall. |
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Posted By: Geno
Here's the back of the card... |
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Posted By: Eric Eichelkraut
They represent the exact same photo, so one can only speculate where the photo was taken, or what year. I thought it was relatively interesting that a Cuban and British tobacco company produced a card with the same photo, yet with no other discernable likenesses. As far as I was aware, Susini Sportiva cards are dated c. 1916, and the R&J Hill has no date (but does have a card number on front, #48). One difference between my R&J Hill card and the scan shown here, is the backside. Instead of the narative in the middle, that area of my card has "Issued only with London Idol Cigarettes". |
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Posted By: Jason/earlybball
Hi Guys, |
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Posted By: brian p
Since the photo was taken in England, I imagine that these two pictured are actually cricket players. Also, to me the uniforms look odd, even for 19th century baseball standards. |
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