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Chris CountsFKW's recent post about two uncatalogued Reds cards (standard card-sized b&w photos with fascimile autographs) got me thinking ... is there another pre-war team that is better represented by a variety of sets than the pennant-winning 1939-40 Cincinnati Reds? No doubt several tobacco era teams are in the running as well, although I can't imagine another team from the early gum era that's better-represented. In addition to FKW's new cards, I can come up with the following sets ...
1) 1938-39 / PC786-1 / Orcajo Photo Art postcards
2) 1938-39 / PC786-2 / Metropolitan Clothing Co. postcards
3) 1938-39 / PC786-3 / Val Decker Meat Packing Co. postcards
4) 1938-39 / W711-1 / color cards
5) 1940 / W711-2 / b&w cards
Are there any I missed? I've also seen a postcard featuring Frank McCormick and Johnny Vandermeer. I believe it was produced by a company called Husky Foods ...
Many of the same pictures were used in these different sets. I recently picked up a half dozen original negatives from this era, and the images look like outtakes from these sets ...
The Reds of this era were also well-represented by Play Balls, Goudeys, exhibits and Wheaties ...