I love all this stuff. It reminds me of the work done by bibliographers studying printed books from Shakespeare's time, reconstructing where and exactly when various books were printed, and which compositors set various pages.
One thing that stood out to me in the discussion of how many T206s were printed was Scot Reader's statement that "it has been reported that in 1910 and 1911 bird and fish subjects were distributed in some Old Mill, Piedmont, Sovereign and Sweet Caporal packs instead of baseball subjects". This is more than just "reported"; as Ted notes, it's well documented that bird cards (T42 in the ACC) and fish cards (T58) were distributed with some of the same brands as T206, and that T59 Flags of All Nations cards were distributed in packs of Sweet Caporal Little Cigars and Sweet Caporal Tobacco Wrappers, along with nine other brands. All these sets are extremely common, and are among more than 100 different sets of non-sport T cards distributed in the 1909-11 time frame.
Robert Forbes and Terrence Mitchell's book "American Tobacco Cards" has checklists for almost all of these sets, along with information about the tobacco brands advertised on the backs and the factory numbers associated with each brand. I went through that book and, for each of the factories where T206s were packaged, I made a list of the non-sport T card sets also packaged at that factory. Following is a list of each of the factories Ted discussed in this thread, with the T206 brands packaged at that factory, followed by a list of the non-sport sets also packaged at that factory, and the brands associated with each set at that factory. (As with T206s, some of the popular sets had certain brands packaged at some factories but not others.) Factories 25, 30, and 649 appear to have been among the busiest factories for packing tobacco cards, though some of the busiest factories, such as 7 and 593, did not package T206s. Factory 6 appears to have been used for various brands of scrap tobacco, and Factory 17 for cigars.
Factory 25 (Piedmont, American Beauty, Broad Leaf, Cycle, Drum, Sweet Caporal, Sovereign, Carolina Brights, Old Mill)
T27 Actress Series (Fatima)
T32 Artistic Pictures (Richmond Straight Cut)
T42 Bird Series (Cycle, Old Mill, Sovereign, Piedmont, Sweet Caporal)
T58 Fish Series (Piedmont, Sweet Caporal, Sovereign)
T59 Flags of All Nations (Hustler, Recruit, Sweet Caporal Little Cigars)
T86 Moving Picture Stars Series (Egyptian Oasis)
T97 Riddle Series (Perfection)
T106 State Girls Series (Fatima, Richmond Straight Cut)
T119 World Scenes and Portraits (Piedmont)
Factory 30 (Sweet Caporal, Tolstoi, Uzit, Lenox)
T29 Animals (Hassan)
T30 Arctic Scenes (Hassan)
T35 Ask Dad (Sweet Caporal)
T36 Auto-Drivers (Hassan, Mecca)
T42 Bird Series (Mecca)
T43 Bird Series (Mecca)
T53 Cowboy Series (Hassan)
T54 Cross Stitch (Egyptienne Straights)
T56 Emblem Series (Hassan)
T57 Fable Series (Turkish Trophies)
T58 Fish Series (Sweet Caporal)
T69 Historic Homes (Helmar)
T73 Indian Life in the 60s (Hassan)
T76 Jigsaw Puzzle Pictures (Turkish Trophies)
T77 Lighthouse Series (Hassan)
T79 Military Series (Tolstoi, Lenox)
T80 Military Series (Tolstoi, Lenox, Uzit, Cairo Monopol)
T88 Mutt & Jeff Series (Sweet Caporal Cigarettes, Sovereign Little Cigars, Sovereign Cigarettes)
T97 Riddle Series (Perfection)
T107 Seals and Coats of Arms (Helmar)
T118 The World's Greatest Explorers (Hassan)
T121 World War I Scenes (Sweet Caporal)
Factory 42 (Piedmont, Sweet Caporal, American Beauty)
T42 Bird Series (Piedmont, Sweet Caporal, American Beauty)
T97 Riddle Series (Perfection)
T106 State Girls Series (Perfection)
T114 Up To Date Comics (Fore 'n' Aft)
T119 World Scenes and Portraits (Piedmont)
Factory 17 (El Principe De Gales)
T68 Heroes of History/Men of History (Royal Bengals Cigars)
T70 Historical Events Series (Flexo Giants, Buffo Grand/Poncico/Le Roy Breva/Le Roy Major)
T99 Sights and Scenes of the World (Royal Bengals Cigars)
Factory 6 (Polar Bear)
T59 Flags of All Nations (Scrap Iron Scrap)
T68 Heroes of History/Men of History (Natural Leaf Scrap)
T99 Sights and Scenes of the World (Pah Handle Scrap)
T105 Assorted Standard Bearers (Honest Scrap)
T113 Types of Nations (Scrap Iron Scrap)
Factory 33 (Ty Cobb)
None
Factory 649 (Hindu, Sweet Caporal)
T25 Actors (Between the Acts)
T29 Animals (Hassan)
T30 Arctic Scenes (Hassan)
T36 Auto-Drivers (Hassan, Mecca)
T38 The Aviators (Tokio and Mezzin)
T42 Bird Series (Emblem, Mecca)
T43 Bird Series (Mecca)
T53 Cowboy Series (Hassan)
T56 Emblem Series (Hassan, Emblem)
T59 Flags of All Nations (Jack Rose, Sub Rosa Cigarros)
T73 Indian Life in the 60s (Hassan)
T77 Lighthouse Series (Hassan)
T79 Military Series (Fez)
T88 Mutt & Jeff Series (Silko, Sovereign)
T108 Theatres Old and New Series (Between the Acts)
T118 The World's Greatest Explorers (Hassan)
Factory 3 (T213 Coupon Type 1)
T82 Series of Movie Stars (Coupon)(also printed with Recruit and Athletic backs, which were packed at Factory 240, 1st District Pennsylvania)
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