A few Burke Photo Questions and Burke Show'em thread.

[drc]

Yours are originals, first run as you said. There are later reprints, but they have different stamping. There will be some other examples, but not a lot. The serial number is the number identifying the negative used. The original negatives were probably filed in envelopes with the identical numbers on the outside. Many professional photos have similar i.d. numbers, sometimes written on back.

[thekingofclout]

vintage original TYPE I photographs...

babeburke.jpglougehrigbyBURKE.jpg

1936dimaggioBURKE.jpgGEHRIGburke.jpg

[Abravefan11]

Thanks drc. Exactly what I was looking for.

Jimmy - Great photos, thanks for sharing.

[bijoem]

1935 Burke Stamp.
I think I am nearing 150 - 200 different stamps. I am slowly picking them up as I see them come available at a reasonable price.

[batsballsbases]

That about sums it up . A classic Gehrig.

[thekingofclout]

Just tremendous Al. Would look incredible parked next to my Ruth/Burke.

A couple more of Burke's finest...

dizzydeanburke.jpgfoxxburke.jpg

[JasonL]

and probably one you won't see everyday. Thanksfully he snapped a photo of my cousin Lee during his rookie campaign's visit to Wrigley!

Take a look at this early pic of one of the sport's earliest free agents (following this season's photo), and the first opposing player that Jackie Robinson credits with wishing him well in Major League Baseball, after one of the sport's nastiest games in Philadelphia in 1947.