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Posted By: Scot Reader

There seems to be a strong case that the card fronts/backs were all printed in NYC. However, I have always wondered why the Demmitt and O'Hara St. Louis artwork is unique to Factory 6 Ohio cards, that is, Polar Bear. If the cards were printed exclusively in NYC why wouldn't this artwork have been used on at least some of the Factory 25 Virginia and Factory 30 New York cards that appear in the 350 series (e.g. American Beauty, Piedmont, Sovereign, Sweet Caporal, Tolstoi, etc.)? And, conversely, why wouldn't the Demmitt and O'Hara New York artwork have been used on at least some of the Factory 6 Ohio cards (e.g. Polar Bear)? I have always thought it at least possible that the reason the Demmitt and O'Hara St. Louis artwork is unique to Factory 6 Ohio is that it was created by someone at Factory 6 in Ohio. Or perhaps somebody at Factory 6 Ohio "special ordered" the St. Louis artwork from NYC. I'm not suggesting it happened that way, only that it is possible.