Help with a magazine issue - Cleveland Indians cards

[Gary Dunaier]

Are we sure these were ever actually issued as cards?

Maybe they just decided to present the player photos as images of faux baseball cards.

[JLange]

I agree they are not cards. I have a pretty loose definition of a "card" myself, but even I can't bring myself to recognize these as cards - yet. One of the criteria for me with regard to magazines and newspaper cutouts is that there should be some evidence that they were meant to be cutout - whether its card-like fronts AND backs, dotted line borders, a scissors clipart on the border, instructions on cutting out the "cards," or some callout by the producer such as, "Hey Kids - cutout and save these for your collection!" - something. I don't see any evidence for that in this case, so I don't consider them cards, even in my own very loose card definition.

I actually like the term "faux baseball cards." There are endless items that look like cards that people have clipped and saved over the years. This could fit that category.

Originally Posted by Gary Dunaier

Are we sure these were ever actually issued as cards?

Maybe they just decided to present the player photos as images of faux baseball cards.