Hi David! Klusman started the 1889 season with Milwaukee and then moved to Denver. Goodwin & Company was good at updating player moves on their cards. In the case of Klusman, they did a quick update by removing the Milwaukee team designation from the nameplate of the card and writing in Denver. It was, excuse my French, a half ass job. "Milwaukee" remained on Klusman's uniform and you can still see "Milwaukee" written in for N173 identification on the photo. Some time later they corrected this with a typeset team designation. At the same time they obscured the team name from his jersey and on the lower portion of the negative. I have shown the progression below.
The wrong name for Williamson is not unusual. It happened a lot, but this should not be surprising. There were thousands of different cards being produced and the people handling the production may not have known anything about the players.
I have no idea about the distribution, although what you suggest is certainly possible.
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