Gaining collecting traction supplements and various other player adorned ephemera use some of the same images as cards and along with that, can add to the appeal, as well as add dimension to a photograph.

Supplements and Souvenirs

1911 Ty Cobb sliding photograph used for the Kodak Graflex advertisement in the 1912 Detroit Tigers score card.

1908 Eddie Summers photograph, used in the 1908 Detroit Tigers Team Composite by Frank W. Smith.

Composite photos courtesy of Detroit Public Library and RMY Auctions (respectively).

In 1908, Eddie Summers went 24-12, with a 1.64 ERA. His rookie year was also highlighted by throwing 2 back-to-back complete games, winning the 2nd game in 10 innings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Summers

1908 Owen Donnie Bush photograph, also used in the 1908 Detroit Tigers Team Composite by Frank W. Smith. Keeping an eye out for image use attribution can be a creative way to challenge one’s image us skills.

Various other ephemera- Police Gazette Supplements, Team Issued Picture Packs, Tablets, Cereal Boxes, etc.

M114 Image Usage: Card Image Origins

1933 Butter Cream (R306) image origin- M114

The image source for the 1933 Butter Cream (R306) issue is in actuality, the M114 supplements of the time. The card images are tightly cropped photographs of the supplements; Note the inferior image quality of the R306 compared to the M114 supplements. It is unknown if this was agreed upon in advance by the two companies, but the tight subject cropping (presumably to cut-out the image credentials) and overall lack of image source credit, suggests that this may have been a copyright infringement; However, the card production may have been done by the Baseball Magazine or by an affiliate. In addition to determining the image source of the R306 issue, this connection, more importantly, establishes a pinpoint of existence for (at least some of) the broadly issued 1918-1957 M114 supplements.

Image sources: M114 Supplement images courtesy of Doug Goodman

PSA cards: https://www.psacard.com/cardfacts/baseball-cards/1933-butter-cream-confectionary-r306/images/3650

1927 Honey Boy Ice Cream set image origin- M114

Similar to the image source for the 1933 Butter Cream (R306) the 1927 Honey Boy Ice Cream set appear to be (again), tightly cropped photographs of the M114 supplements. In addition to determining the image source of the 1927 Honey Boy Ice Cream issue, this connection, more importantly, establishes a pinpoint of existence for (at least) some of the broadly issued 1918-1957 M114 supplements. Also of note, the Eddie Collins and Grover Cleveland Alexander M114 images have yet to be located, but in all likelihood, they do (did) exist, as the images were already used by Baseball Magazine, in some direct capacity.

Image sources: M114 Supplement images courtesy of Doug Goodman

1927 Honey Boy card images courtesy of Heritage Auctions and eBay.

1933 Uncle Jack’s Candy set image origin- M114

Similar to the image source for the 1933 Butter Cream and the 1927 Honey Boy Ice Cream set, the 1933 Uncle Jack’s Candy set (R317) is (again), tightly cropped photographs of the M114 supplements. The players’ names appear to be cut-out from the M114 and placed within the M114 image (note the matching font on both the M114 example and the coordinating Uncle Jack’s Candy example). Also, pay particular attention to the last two examples in the gallery below, as both the Babe Ruth and Dazzy Vance M114 examples have two font variations, only one of which is used for the coordinating Uncle Jack’s Candy issue. In addition to determining the image source of the 1933 Uncle Jack’s Candy issue, this connection (again) establishes a pinpoint of existence for (at least) some of the broadly issued 1918-1957 M114 supplements.

Image sources: M114 Supplement images courtesy of Doug Goodman and eBay.

1933 Uncle Jack’s Candy card images courtesy of VintageCardPrices.com

https://vintagecardprices.com/set/baseball-card-set-values/1933-uncle-jacks-candy/219

Below, the proposed process to achieve the Uncle Jack’s candy image.

There are several other 1910’s-1920’s sets of cards that display similar characteristics as those displayed above. The 1914 Polo Grounds Game cards use M113 images; and the 1925 Universal Toy and Novelty (W504) set use (some) M113/M114 images. Again, it is unclear if the card issuing companies outsourced the task of card production to a paper production company (as a candy company, may not have made the packaging for their own candy), if another company conferred (or did not confer) with the Baseball Magazine, or it was the Baseball Magazine itself who produced the cards. Regardless, these sets are directly connected the the Baseball Magazine M113 and M114 supplements.

Note the progressively diminished quality of the image, from original photo to M113 to National Game card; making the case for the assertion of the M113 being the actual source for the National Card Game card. If the National Card Game set used the same proof used for the M113 set, the image quality would be at least comparable to the M133 set image quality.

This connection also allows for the potential validation/confirmation of other M113/M114 issues, if they are represented in different card sets.