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Originally Posted by ScottFandango
that's cloth (notice the threads sticking out on left border)
not a half-tone printing plate
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Check out the side view.
Not cloth.
But it's not an original plate from 1933. Goudeys were lithographed like so many other cards, and that block is for typography. The surface is etched metal. This one looks like a newer one using copper plated zinc. The old ones were copper surfaced, but a solid sheet, and usually a bit thinner.
So it's probably from some book or small circulation magazine that showed a 33 Lajoie.
Similar to these one from Mccarthy postcards.
Reversed images are for for direct printing - lower production. The ones McCarthy used were for typography to offset. No reversal, higher production since the plates don't get worn as easily.
Steve B