Baseball Photos are these local premiums???

[thxforthebp]

I stumbled onto these on ebay and bought them because the price was right as well as I collect Wilkes Barre and Scranton baseball items. I haven't seen these before and I was wondering if anyone else had. It looks like they might have been some type of premium, I know there were some local companies that did have them of the team by the players listed they would date to the 1938 season. There really isnt much from this time in the area that survived due to a flood that hit Wilkes Barre in 1972 so anything vintage is tough. Sorry about the photo it is the one used in the auction. There was a snapshot and 2 other photos in the lot as well. Any help at all would be appreciated.

[slidekellyslide]

I'd check the local newspaper archives from 1938 (if they survived the flood)..they appear to be something the newspaper might have mocked up for the sports page.

[drc]

The ones with the small pictures in them could a team issue or perhaps some sort of premium or give away. The one thing is a couple of them appear to have paper captions on the back which would be like a news photo. On the other hand, news photos don't ordinarily have faux signatures on them-- that's something you'd more likely find on a premium or team issue.

The backs may list the name of the team or the newspaper which will solve your puzzle. A number of old MLB team issue photos had the team name stamped on back, which makes things simple.