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Continuing PIEDMONT 460, Factory #42 cards
Hey guys,
Thanks for posting your PIEDMONT 42 cards. We have a Baker P42 card with a light blue back and another with a dark blue back. It reminds me of a theory which I posted years ago regarding PIEDMONT 42 and UZIT cards. Oh No ! Another "Ted T206 theory". Do they ever end ? :) Anyway, PIEDMONT 42 and UZIT backs have very similar blue ink variations. Which leaves me to believe that these two backs were printed simultaneously. We do have evidence that the UZIT backs were printed and issued in Feb-Mar 1911. This timeline is consistent with ATC's transfer of the Piedmont Cigarette production to the Liggett & Myers Factory (#42) in Durham, NC. Here's my two UZIT examples of varying blue ink intensity...... http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...erUZITx50b.jpg . http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...ogUZITx50b.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...ferUZITx50.jpg . . http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...zogUZITx50.jpg TED Z . |
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Hi Ted,
Sorry I have been AWOL for quite a while. Interesting theory about P42/Uzit light/dark blue. Did I miss something w/r/t P42 confirmations? Are there differences in confirmations between light/dark P42? If so, perhaps a separate checklist is warranted (like Sov 350 Apple/Forest Green). We could even come up with a name like baby/royal blue (although I hate the term "baby") that emphasizes the difference. That's part of the fun! Scot |
PIEDMONT 460, Factory #42 cards
Hi Scot
This is my current checklist. Do you have any other 460-only series guys to add to this list from your surveys ? Quote:
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Hi Ted and Sean,
Nothing to add to Ted's P42 list. I keep thinking I have seen Murray (Portrait) P42 some time in the distant past but you know how the mind can play tricks about such things. I'm probably confusing it with Schlei (Portrait) or Seymour (Portrait). Scot |
Hi Scot
I too, some years back thought I has seen a PIEDMONT 460/42 of Murray (portrait).
Since then, though, I realize I was mistaken. TED Z . |
Why no Connie Mack, Jack Coombs, Shoeless Joe Jax, Smoky Joe Wood, etc. in T206 set ?
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http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...niemacke96.jpg . . http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...ConnieMack.jpg Connie Mack was a staunch anti-tobacco guy, who did not want his image portrayed on tobacco cards. ** Here's his E96 card. And, of course he can be found on various E-type cards. One of notoriety is the E104-1 set which features the 1910 World Champions A's. Connie Mack was quite thrilled about this set of cards, as is noted in his Biography **. The same printing firm also produced the Cullivan's Fireside (T208) set, which of course is a tobacco issue. Connie Mack recruited most of his ballplayers from College. He felt they had better training and they could think better than players from the farm system. He would often personally scout the College guys, or his brother (Tom) would. ** Note....Connie Mack (and the Early Years of Baseball), Norman Macht Hey guys I highly recommend this book. While reading it, you'll imagine the guys in your T206 set come alive. Almost every player from that era is covered in this book. TED Z . |
Why no Connie Mack, Jack Coombs, Shoeless Joe Jax, Smoky Joe Wood, etc. in T206 set ?
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http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...sCoombs25b.jpg . .http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7.../coombse98.jpg Connie Mack recruited most of his ballplayers from College. He felt they had better training and they could think better than players from the farm system. Jack Coombs is a perfect example of Connie's recruiting style. Jack was a 4 sport (baseball, basketball, football and track) athlete at Colby College (Maine). Tom Mack (Connie's brother) scouted Jack during his College days. In his senior year (1905), Jack signed with the A's. His first 4 years, Jack's pitching record was unimpressive. Then in 1910, Jack's W-L record was an amazing 31-9 with 1.30 ERA. Furthermore, he won 3 games in the World Series defeating the Cubs. In the Fall of 1910, American Lithographic was designing their 460-only series cards; therefore, why didn't they include Jack Coombs in this series ? Given, the tremendous year he had. I do not really understand why he is missing in the T206 set. Incidentally, Coombs won 28 games in 1911, and 21 games in 1912. WOW !....80 games won in 3 consecutive years. ** Is that a record, or what ? Incidentally, for whatever reason, Jack Coombs is not featured in the E104-1 set, nor the 1910 Cullivan's Fireside (T208) set, both of which feature the 1910 World Champions A's. The same printing firm produced both of these sets. ** ....Connie Mack (and the Early Years of Baseball), Norman Macht TED Z . |
Why no Connie Mack, Jack Coombs, Shoeless Joe Jax, Smoky Joe Wood, etc. in T206 set ?
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Shoeless Joe Jackson http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...NewOrleans.jpg . http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...JacksonNOb.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...nnehill50x.jpg Connie Mack recruited Joe Jackson in 1908, and Joe started with the Philadelphia A's in Sept 1908. Joe's style just did not fit in with the "College Boys" on the A's. Part of the problem (believe it, or not) was that some Americans were still "fighting" the Civil War. Check-out the players in your T206 set and you'll discover that very few of them were from the "deep South". Of course Cobb is one of these few Southerners. But, Cobb was sort of a unique dude. ** Joe played in only 10 games for the A's (1908 & 1909). Connie Mack traded Joe to Cleveland in July 1910. 1911 was Joe's 1st full Major Lge. season (147 games). Joe was amazing....233 Hits for a .403 BA. So, the real question to any one on this forum is....why wasn't Joe in subsequent T-card sets ? We know that American Lithographic (ALC) was introducing T205 cards as late as the Fall/Winter of 1911. But, where was Shoeless Joe ? ? Then in 1912, I would think ALC would have included Joe in their T202 set. But hold it for a moment....is this Joe in this T202 centerfold sliding into 3rd base ? ** ....Connie Mack (and the Early Years of Baseball), Norman Macht Smoky Joe Wood Info forthcoming....stay tuned. TED Z . |
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