Oldest commercially produced baseball card?

[barrysloate]

Kevin- those are the CdV's I referred to, and I assume that is what they meant by individual players, since those images are just a composite of those players laid out and reshot by the photographer. But I don't believe there is any advertising directly linking them to P & S.

Edited to add they probably hired J.A. Pierce to produce them, and sold them in their store or through their catalog.

[orator1]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Kevin- those are the CdV's I referred to, and I assume that is what they meant by individual players, since those images are just a composite of those players laid out and reshot by the photographer. But I don't believe there is any advertising directly linking them to P & S.

Edited to add they probably hired J.A. Pierce to produce them, and sold them in their store or through their catalog.

So the CDVs now known as "J.A. Pierce" could actually be the "Peck & Snyder Life Photographs" from the ad? That would be a significant discovery. If proof can be found that these are P&S, potentially 7 new team CDVs could be added to the "Peck & Snyder" checklist.
Peck & Snyder teams from the ad:
BOSTON
CHICAGO
OLYMPIC
ATHLETIC
CLEVELAND
ROCKFORD
KEKIONGA

Have any of the above 1871 teams been documented with Peck & Snyder advertising?

[barrysloate]

Paul- most of those CdV's are one or two known. And I still wouldn't call them Peck and Snyders. From what I see, Pierce made them and the sporting goods store distributed them. But the connection is nevertheless fascinating.

[Baseball Rarities]

The CDV's were photographed by O.F. Weaver.

They were produced and distributed J.A. Pierce & Co. I assume that the CDV's that Peck & Snyder offered were those that they purchased for resale from J.A. Pierce & Co.

[Jeffrompa]

Love the CDVs . I think this debate will go on for awhile .