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Mar 8, 2019 · While a young collector I had the good fortune to meet a Chicago native, the late Jim Rowe. Jim had worked for the great baseball photographer George Brace and had access to Brace’s original negatives.
Jim Rowe postcards feature a black-&-white photo on the front, and the back, a standard Kodak postcard with the players name penned in at the top. Find information on Vintage Baseball collectibles, Tips on caring for your Valued Memorabilia collection Price Guide, Dates, and more!
The Jim Rowe Negative Collection (25,000 + pieces) A truly massive, massive collection of the negatives that Jim used for the production of his photographs and photographic postcards, over 25,000 in all. Primarily in the form of 35mm. Herein lies the core of Jim's baseball hobby business.
Mar 10, 2019 · Vintage contact print equipment with unopened packages of raw postcards. In a recent post we looked at the late Jim Rowe of Chicago and how his real photo postcards really invigorated autograph collectors back in the latter 1960's through perhaps the mid 1980's.
Nov 3, 2022 · There are a few visible differences between the two: Jim Rowe postcards have no catalog number on the back whereas James T Elder postcards do. Jim Rowe postcards are full bleed images/no borders and no player signature, whereas James T Elder has both borders and signatures.
A truly massive, massive collection of the negatives that Jim used for the production of his photographs and photographic postcards, over 25,000 in all. Primarily in the form of 35mm. Herein lies the core of Jim's baseball hobby business.
After Brace retired, Rowe obtained thousands of his original negatives, which he merged into his own personal collection, forming what had to be the largest such private collection ever assembled. It wasn't just collectors who purchased Rowe's postcards.
