Original 1909-10 T206 newspaper ads

botport · #1 01-02-2023, 03:38 PM

Does anyone have a theory as to why many cards are depicted with the name along the top border?

I see that on some of the ads the player name would be obscured if it was on the bottom border but on other advertisements there is sufficient room on the lower border but the name is still on the top border.

G1911 · #2 01-02-2023, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by botport

Does anyone have a theory as to why many cards are depicted with the name along the top border?

I see that on some of the ads the player name would be obscured if it was on the bottom border but on other advertisements there is sufficient room on the lower border but the name is still on the top border.

Because they wanted to show a card coming out of the pack. Can’t do that and have he name at bottom if you want to also identify the player shown in the ad. The others with the name at top all have the bottom fully or party cut off by the angles and design in other ways. When the bottom is complete the players name is often put there. Just an inconsequential, at the time, moving of a minor design element to better fit the graphics they wanted to use.

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