Yankee photo packs

AustinMike · #1 02-04-2022, 01:25 PM

John, I've uploaded a picture of the 1956 Yankees Action Photo set. These are all 8 by 10 inches. As you can see, they have names printed on them with some appearing to be facsimile autos. So yours could potentially be from "Action Photo" sets for the Cardinals and Dodgers. I only collect Yankee photo sets so I don't know what is out there for other teams.

I've also attached a photo with the 1956 and 1958 team photo set Mantles attached. These are 6 by 8-1/2 inches. As you can see, these differ from the Jay photos quite a bit.

AustinMike · #2 02-04-2022, 01:49 PM

As was mentioned previously, Jay's used the same photo for multiple years. I've attached an example using Mantle. Starting from in the upper left corner, these photos are from the following sets (at least as far as I can tell):

Jay's 1957 Yankee Picture Portfolio with 25
Jay's 1958 Yankee Picture Pack with 12
Jay's 1958 Yankee World Series Picture Pack with 12
Jay's 1958 Yankee World Series Picture Pack with Braves with 24
Jay's 1959 All-Stars
Jay's 1959 Yankee Picture Pack with 12
Jay's 1960 All-Stars
Jay's 1960 Yankee Picture Pack with 12
Jay's unkown year Yankee Picture Pack with 12

There are at least 4 different croppings of the photo. So if you have a single photo it would be nearly impossible to tell what set it came from. And as shown with the last photo, even if you have the complete set, you can never be sure if it is an original set. The bottom right photo appears to be similar to the photos used in the 1958 World Series sets. However, it came with a complete Yankees set which I haven't been able to put a date on.

BuzzD · #3 02-04-2022, 01:54 PM

Here is a scarce NYY picture pack issue that was paired with Dodgers for the 1956 World Series. It consists of 2 separate photo packs, one for each team, glued together.

John1941 · #4 02-04-2022, 03:10 PM

If y'all have checklists, I could add the missing sets to TCDB.

John1941 · #5 02-04-2022, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by AustinMike

John, I've uploaded a picture of the 1956 Yankees Action Photo set. These are all 8 by 10 inches. As you can see, they have names printed on them with some appearing to be facsimile autos. So yours could potentially be from "Action Photo" sets for the Cardinals and Dodgers. I only collect Yankee photo sets so I don't know what is out there for other teams.

I've also attached a photo with the 1956 and 1958 team photo set Mantles attached. These are 6 by 8-1/2 inches. As you can see, these differ from the Jay photos quite a bit.

Who's the guy on the top, third from right? The only name I can't read.

AustinMike · #6 02-04-2022, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by John1941

Who's the guy on the top, third from right? The only name I can't read.

That would be Joe Collins. Here are the checklists of the sets that I have. The first lists are the "Action Photos" sets. The last column is the 1961 Manny's Yankees set, which you can ignore since the website already has it. I don't have the 1957 set and it isn't in my lists, but I have seen it on eBay and I think someone on Net54 had it. It has the same roster as the 1956 set except Joe Collins and Billy Martin are out and Tony Kubek and Casey Stengel are in.

The second set of listings are for the 6 by 8-1/2 team "Photographs" sets. I noticed that "Kucks" was mis-spelled in the 1959 set. It's spelled "Kuchs." Also, while looking at the 1956 set to see how it is spelled (correctly, by the way), I noticed the 1956 set is a little larger. They are 6-1/8 by 8-7/8 inches.

Lastly, there's another Yankees set, I think produced by Jay's (it has a similar envelope - see attached). As far as I can tell, I think this set was issued in 1956. I have never seen a complete set. I have bought 3 partial sets. In the 3 partial sets I have, there are 22 different players. No Mantle or Ford and they have to be in the set. And of the 22 players that have been in the partial sets, there are no "Past" players (except the coaches). Has anyone seen a complete set of these and know who is in the set?

Johnphotoman · #7 02-04-2022, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by AustinMike

John, I've uploaded a picture of the 1956 Yankees Action Photo set. These are all 8 by 10 inches. As you can see, they have names printed on them with some appearing to be facsimile autos. So yours could potentially be from "Action Photo" sets for the Cardinals and Dodgers. I only collect Yankee photo sets so I don't know what is out there for other teams.

I've also attached a photo with the 1956 and 1958 team photo set Mantles attached. These are 6 by 8-1/2 inches. As you can see, these differ from the Jay photos quite a bit.

Hi, this is some good stuff here, AustinMike, I have some of the exact same photos. I have come to the conclusion that some of what I have are definitely team photo packs. Many are posed action photos, while some could be in-game used. While others show other players.

The Larry Doby photo is like a salutations photo. On his photo it says Best Wishes, with his signature, it is made out to look like it was handwritten on the photo. And Luke Appling, says "Chicago Champion Batsman of the American League"...And it also says, "Note how bat is choked"

When I get this figured out, I will try and post some of the different types. Thanks John.

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