June Pick-ups

[thecatspajamas]

Ryan, What are the dimensions of the negative, and are there any letters/numbers written along one of the edges that we can't see in the scan? Even if it was not shot by Burke, it could have been shot by George Brace. It's often hard to distinguish between the two, though as you say, that late in Burke's career, George Brace may have been taking more of the photos. (And FWIW, Burke had a heart attack in 1948, which ended his photography career, but didn't actually pass until 1951.)

Either way though, whether Burke or Brace, if it was shot by either of them it should carry a code written on the edge of the negative of "1454-A4" with "1454" being the player number code they used for Newhouser, "A" indicating American League, and "4" being the Detroit Tigers. They used these codes to indicate a certain player/team combination, but not a unique negative, so there could be (and probably are) a number of different shots of Newhouser that carry the same coding.

Example from a period print: