In 1939 Dayton photographer Orcajo produced a set of the 1939 Cincinnati Reds team. There are at least 4 varieties of this 29 card set, one with just the name of the player on the card which seems to be the most common. The next, slightly rarer, version has the following on the front: Courtesy of Val Decker Packing Co. "Piquality" Brand Meats. The last two have advertisements for Metropolitan Clothing and the rarest ones of all, WHIO Radio (I have not even seen any of these cards). I have so far obtained a few of the first two types although some are just very good reprints, plus some images of the third type.
PLAIN SET
Team Photo
{Cincinnati Mis-spelled)
MANAGER COACH
Bill
McKecknie
Hank Gowdy
1938-46
1938-42, 1945-46
PITCHERS
Bucky
Walters Milburn
Shoffner Paul
Derringer Whitey
Moore Junior Thompson
RHP
1938-48
LHP
1939-40
RHP
1933-42
RHP
1936-42
RHP 1939-42
Manager
1948-49
Lee Grissom
LHP 1934-39
CATCHERS
Dick West
Jimmie Wilson Willard Herschberger
1939-42
1939-40
1938-40
OUTFIELDERS
Lee
Gamble Frenchy Bordagaray
Ival Goodman
Wally Berger
Les Scarsella
1935-40
1939
1935
42
1938-40
1935-39
name mis-spelled
name mis-spelled
Nino
Bongiovanni
Harry Craft
1938-39
1937-42
INFIELDERS
*
Linus
Frey
Billy Myers
Lew
Riggs
Bill Werber
2B 1938-46 S.S.
1935-40
3B
1935-40
3B 1939-41
VAL DECKER SET
PITCHERS
Replica
Johnny Vander
Meer
LHP
1937-1949
CATCHERS
Replica
Ernie Lombardi
1932-41
OUTFIELDERS
mis-spelled
Harry Craft
Ival
Goodman
1937-42
1935-42
INFIELDERS
Linus
Frey
Billy
Meyers
Frank McCormick
1938-46
1935-40
1B 1934, 1937-45
METROPOLITAN CLOTHING CO.
PITCHERS
*
Johnny Vander Meer
LHP 1937-49
CATCHERS
*
Ernie Lombardi
1932-41
INFIELDERS
Frank McCormick
1B 1934-45
