1943 M.P. & Co. cards based on M114 photos

[brianp-beme]

I always like to expose less desirable sets for what they are...in this case a mostly crude attempt to depict players based upon photos.

Not even close to my favorite set, and probably in my bottom 5%, but the M114 photo connection makes them at least more interesting, and worth a follow up post to attract a few more eyes.

Make sure you check out the article link in the first post. It is quite informative.

Brian

[Casey2296]

In 1943 all the good artists were working on War Bond posters.

Fun article btw, I love that kind of research.

[doug.goodman]

Also discussed in this thread :
https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...light=novikoff

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by doug.goodman

Also discussed in this thread :
https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...light=novikoff

Nice...missed this 2019 thread.

Brian

[Al C.risafulli]

Thanks so much for pointing this out, Brian. I am irrationally enthusiastic about this - I'd never seen this article before, but I've been fascinated with this set since I put it together about 15 years ago or so, because I think they're the ugliest baseball cards ever made. I cannot BELIEVE that the illustrations were actually modeled after the actual players they're purported to be (in 1943).

When I built this set, I tried like anything to make it present in an attractive way, so I put them in an album, one card to a page, in front of an 8x10 photo of the player. They're still ugly. Now I feel like I need to collect the M114s and complete the set right!

Thanks for sharing this - I realize it's been online for a year, but I am not sure that I ever would've stumbled onto it.

-Al