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Originally Posted by Topps206
That article was terrific. So I guess the 1969 set was coming out during the season?
Also, that still doesn't explain recycled photos from earlier in the decade, though.
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My theory is that there was institutional laziness, perhaps from the lack of any serious competition. If you have some stock shots of a player and he hasn't changed teams, why get new photos? For instance, the Baltimore Orioles changed their uniforms and caps in 1966 to the "cartoon bird" of their glory years. But nearly all the 1967 cards of individual Oriole players show them in their pre-1966 uniforms. (I think they wore the old uniforms during 1966 spring training and switched with the regular season; Frank Robinson, acquired after the 1965 season, appears on his 1967 card in an old Oriole uniform during spring training). One of the only 1967 cards showing an Oriole in an up-to-date uniform is the tough #600 Brooks Robinson from the last series. But in 1968, Topps used a pre-1966 shot for its Brooks Robinson card. Then, in 1969, they recycled the picture from the 1967 card.