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I've previously posted examples of Orioles team issued postcards and 8x10 photos. Here's some examples of their lesser known cousins, the team issued 4x5 photos.
I'm unsure how these photos were used, since I don't recall the Orioles selling these directly to the public. I have photos as early as 1954 and as late as the early 1990's, but most of the ones are from the 1970's. Most of them have names printed at the bottom, but not all. A few photos are action shots. Since I have mostly concentrated on the 8x10 head shots, I don't have a good handle on how many players were printed. I have noticed that they don't show up that often and when they do, they tend to be the same poses I already have. Team issued 4x5 photos SCAN3983-1.jpg SCAN3983.JPG SCAN3961.JPG SCAN3970-1.jpg SCAN3969.JPG SCAN3973.JPG SCAN3964-1.jpg SCAN3963-1.jpg SCAN3972-1.jpg SCAN3979-1.jpg SCAN9565.JPG |
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I've seen some of the 4x5 photos before, and I have the Brooks, but didn't know that they were team issue photos. I actually didn't know what they were. Do you know how they were issued to the public? |
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Day 270 (September 26, 2020 – 270)
On September 26, 1971, Jim Palmer wins his 20th game of the year against the Cleveland Indians, becoming the fourth Oriole pitcher to win 20 games in the season. Jim Palmer had a season ending record of 20-10, Dave McNally went 21-5, Mike Cuellar went 20-9 and Pat Dobson ended with a 20-8 record. The four 20 game winners in their orange Oriole uniforms Day 270 a Photo 1971 20 game winners Orioles pitchers.jpg Same picture, cropped differently, of the 20 game winners signed Day 270 b Photo 1971 20 game winners signed.jpg A B&W photo of the 20 game winners signed Day 270 c Photo 1971 20 Game Winners signed (2).jpg Below is the 1971 Orioles Yearbook to celebrate the year… Day 270 d Publication 1971 Orioles Yearbook 1.jpg |
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I'm sure all of us at some point have had our collections stall for one reason or another. Maybe it was a limited hobby budget, growing families, career or other priorities focused us in other areas. For me as my collection grew, I found myself only needing some items that were either very rare and/or out of my price range (it is still a hobby). In the case of my quest to find O's minor league affiliate programs, they just aren't out there to be found. Supply and demand. No supply and I'm the only demand.
This led me to some low cost, yet interesting to me, projects. The flood of cards into the market during the late 80's and early 90's created what are commonly known as "junk wax cards". Granted you are never going to send your kids to college with them, but the mass printings resulted in multiple print runs or printers be used during the period. This resulted in many sets having large numbers of variations. What started out as something to keep me busy, has been a lot of fun also. If you have younger kids, they might enjoy helping out. Over the next few weeks, I'll try to post some of my findings. If anyone has questions, I'll be happy to share what I know so far. I'm going to start out with some of the easier sets. If you're already bored, you will not enjoy the 1989 Donruss set (up to six different cards of each player). Disclaimer up front... Some sets have different backs that glow under a black light, etc. I'm not that crazy yet.. 1987 Donruss The fronts of the cards are the same, but the backs of the wax pack cards and factory sets have a different orientation on the back. The only difference I can see on the Diamond King cards is lighter or darker print. SCAN9577.JPG SCAN9578-1.jpg SCAN9578.JPG 1990 Donruss There are several different things to look at with the 1990 cards. The border pattern on the front of the cards are different between the wax pack cards and factory sets. The Ripken on the far right is from a factory set. The cards from wax packs can also be found with either Leaf, INC (no period) or Leaf, INC. (with period) on the back of the cards. All the factory sets have the INC. (with period) variation. This creates three different cards for each player. SCAN9579.JPG SCAN9580.JPG SCAN9580-1.jpg 1991 Donruss Same notes as the 1990 Donruss set. SCAN9581.JPG SCAN9582.JPG SCAN9582-1.jpg 1992 Donruss The 1992 Donruss cards have the same fronts, but do have the INC / INC. variation. Two different cards per player. SCAN9583.JPG SCAN9584.JPG 1992 Leaf The 1992 Leaf set has the same INC / INC. variations. However, in the Black Gold set, I have found the variations only in the second series (numbers 300 and up) SCAN9585.JPG SCAN9587.JPG SCAN9586.JPG SCAN9586-1.jpg |
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After all of the fantastic, even historic, posts to this thread, just a quick question...will the Orioles ever acknowledge their St. Louis Browns ancestry?
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![]() Here’s the real question; will the Yankees acknowledge their roots? |
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I'm not sure how they were distributed. I have never seen them listed on any Orioles souvenir lists. Until around 1999, you could purchase the 8x10 photos directly from the Orioles. It's also odd that most of the ones I've seen are from the 1970's. I've never seen any from the 1960's and only a few from the 50's, 80's and 90's. |
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