Is it called airbrushing when it's a painting.

What is the first instance of airbrushing on a baseball card? I don't know that we'll ever know the answer. These 1954 Bowman cards feature a painting rather than a photograph, but the artists had to "airbrush" the uniforms since the St. Louis Browns relocated to Baltimore during the winter of 1953-54 and nobody at Bowman knew what the Baltimore Orioles uniforms or logos would look like.

I picked up these 5 Baltimore Orioles cards from the 1954 Bowman set recently. I picked them up specifically because of the artistic nature of the cards.

Looks like Bowman artists weren't consistent with the logos on the hats for the Orioles players. Some of the birds face left and some face right.

The Orioles facing right, for some reason are almost undistiguishable, especially compared to the birds facing left.

The Orioles uniforms would have the Orioles name across the front, but they wouldn't have the bat and birds on their chest....ever.

I've mentioned it before that I am no expert on old ballparks, but I think the Sportsman Park in St Louis is the backdrop of some of these cards.

These will go in my binder page for 1954 Bowman. Since these cards are a little larger than todays cards, the page only holds 8 cards. So what are the other 3 cards on the page. You'll have to turn in tomorrow to find out.