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Fritsch One-Year Wonders
The reference to the Alan Koch image in the Fritsch set suggests a quick primer on those issues might be useful.
The first series features black and white images of the likes of Eddie Gaedel and Bobo Holloman from a variety of sources. But the second and third series are all Topps photographs.
The Topps Sports Director at the time Larry Fritsch of Fritsch Cards put out the two color sets was Bill Haber, one of the most prominent collectors and researchers of the time. It's usually his bold ballpoint pen lettering on the packets that turn up from time to time in which the negatives were stored. Whether Topps knew it or just Bill - whether Fritsch paid Topps or he didn't - the photos were either taken by or treated by (some of the colorized black and white images like those of Charlie Shoemaker and Jim Snyder) Topps.
Bottom line here is: Topps made no copyright claim on the images as they were published so within non-profit reason they're all fair game.
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