| |
 |
|
Jim Rowe Real Photo Postcard |
|
|
Item Details |
-
CIRCA
- 1970s
-
PUBLISHER
- Kodak
-
SIZE
- 3.5" x 5.5"
-
PRICE GUIDE
- $5.00-$20.00
Very Good Excellent
Condition
Value will vary
based on
player demand.
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
In 1903, Kodak introduced a
camera designed for postcard-size film,
allowing the public to take photographs
and have them printed on postcard
backs. In 1907, Kodak introduced a
service called “Real Photo Postcards”
(RPPCs), which enabled customers to
make a postcard from any picture they
took. In 1902, Eastman Kodak began
selling photo paper with a pre-printed
postcard back.
Real photo postcards were produced professionally used for advertising or
sold to the public at stores. Postcards
picturing baseball players included the
stars of the day such as; Ty Cobb, Babe
Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, or Hank Greenberg.
The most popular was Babe Ruth's favorite photographer, Chicago's George
Burke, who photographed ballplayers
from the turn of the 20th century
through the 1940s. Burke was the
official photographer for the Chicago
Cubs, White Sox and NFL’s Bears.
George Brace, was George Burke's assistant, and took over the studio after
Burke's death in 1951. With exclusive
rights to the original negatives,
continued to distribute Burke's photos
& photographing players into the early
1990's. Photographer Jim Rowe who
worked in the studio used the negatives
to produce real photo postcards on
Kodak Photograph paper.
George
Brace, was George Burke's assistant,
and took over the studio after Burke's
death in 1951. With exclusive rights to
the original negatives, continued to
distribute Burke's photos &
photographing players into the early
1990's. Photographer Jim Rowe who
worked in the studio used the negatives
to produce real photo postcards on
Kodak Photograph paper.
The postcard back with the heading "Photo Post Card" with the stamp box
wording "Kodak, Paper" dates to 1950
and later. The Jim Rowe postcards
feature a Borderless black-&-white
photo on the front, and the back, a
standard Kodak postcard with no mention
of issuer. The players name was
typically penned in at the top.
Rowe distributed Real Photo Post Cards
through James T. Elder, a sports card
dealer that ran a mail-order business
out of Odessa, Florida, in 1966. He
also issued, 4-on-1 Exhibits, 1929
Cubs, and 1956 Braves Postcard sets in 1977.
|
|
| |
|
Jim Rowe Real Photo Postcards |
 |
|
Jim Rowe - Joe Swell Real Photo Postcard Back |
|
|
KEYMAN COLLECTIBLES
RELATED RESOURCES |
|
|
|
