* * * * * * * * * * T206 Reference, Reflections, Theory's, Surveys, etc. * * * * * * * * *
Shown here are some of the stars in the T215-1 set
The RED CROSS (T215-1) set consists of 96 cards. Some of the RED CROSS cards were issued in 1910, and a 2nd series of cards were issued in early 1912.
This fact is evident by team trades reflected in the captions of certain 2nd series cards.
RED CROSS tobacco products were produced in Jersey City, NJ (Factory #10) by the Lorillard Tobacco Co. Lorillard was a subsidiary of American Tobacco Co.
American Lithographic (ALC) printed their 1st series of the T215-1 cards during the production run of the T206 cards in 1910. What is quite interesting in this
process of printing the T215-1 cards, ALC intermixed T206 subjects from their 150, 350, and 460 Series. The 2nd series followed in the Spring of 1912.
Regarding the T215-1 captions, note that they are printed with BROWN ink....which clearly identifies these cards as having been printed by ALC prior to 1913.
ALC switched to printing captions with BLUE ink for their white-bordered sets from 1913 - 1919 (T213-2, T213-3, T214, T215-2)
T215-1 Checklist..... 96 subjects
Ames (hands over head)
Baker
Ball (Cleveland)
Bender (trees)
Bender (no trees)
Bridwell (portrait-cap)
M. Brown (Chicago)
Byrne
Pittsburgh
Camnitz (arm at side)
Chance (batting)
Chase (trophy)
Cobb (bat off shoulder)
Eddie Collins (A's)
Conroy (bat)
Crandall (portrait-cap)
Crawford (bat)
Cree
Harry Davis
Cleveland
Devore
Donlin (bat)
Pittsburgh
Doolan
Dougherty (arm in air)
L. Doyle (bat))
L. Doyle (portrait)
Dubuc
Elberfeld (fielding)
Ford
Fromme
Griffith (bat)
Washington
Hartsel
Toledo
Herzog
New York NL
Hoblitzel
Hofman
Howard
Huggins (portrait)
St Louis NL
Huggins (hands/mouth) (Cincinnati)
Hummel
Jennings (one hand)
Jennings (two hands)
Johnson (pitching)
Kelley
Konetchy (glove low)
Krause
Lajoie (bat)
Lake (no ball)
Latham
Leifield (bat)
Lord
Chicago AL
Magee (bat)
Marquard (portrait)
Marquard (pitching)
Mathewson (white cap)
Mathewson (dark cap)
McGinnity
McGraw (portrait-cap)
McGraw (glove)
Harry McIntyre
Chicago NL
Matty McIntyre
Chicago AL
Merkle (throwing)
Meyers
Miller
Mowrey
St Louis NL
Mullin(bat)
Murphy (bat)
Murray (portrait)
Oakes
St Louis NL
Oldring (bat)
O'Leary (hands on knees)
Paskert
Pelty (vertical)
Purtell
Quinn
Reulbach (no glove)
Rucker (throwing)
Schaefer (Washington)
Schulte (back view)
Sheckard (glove)
Frank Smith
Cincinnati
Speaker
Stahl (glove)
Steinfeldt (bat)
St. Louis NL
Street (portrait)
Street (catching)
Sweeney (New York AL)
Tannehill (Chicago AL)
Tinker (bat off shoulder)
Tinker (bat on shoulder)
Wagner (bat on right)
Warhop
Wheat
Doc White (pitching)
Willetts
Wilson
Wiltse (portrait-cap))
Wiltse (pitching)
Cy Young (glove)
Boston NL
TRADES....circa 1909 - Spring 1912 that are reflected on these T215-1 cards.
Bobby Byrne.................from St Louis NL to Pittsburg on Aug 19, 1909
Harry Davis......…………….Dec. 1911 signed a contract to manage Cleveland
Mike Donlin...................from Boston NL to Pittsburg on February 17, 1912
Clark Griffith.................signed a contract to manage Washington in Oct 1911
Topsy Hartsel............…..signed by Toledo (A A) in the Fall of 1911
Buck Herzog..................from Boston NL to New York NL on July 22, 1911
Miller Huggins (port).......from Cincinnati to St Louis on Feb 3, 1910
Harry Lord.....................from Boston AL to Chicago AL on Aug 11, 1910
Harry McIntyre...............from Brooklyn to Chicago NL on April 13, 1910
Matty McIntyre...............from Detroit to Chicago AL on Jan 12, 1911
Mike Mowrey..................from Cincinnati to St Louis NL on August 22, 1909
Rebel Oakes................….from Cincinnati to St Louis on Feb 3, 1910
Frank Smith...............…..from Boston AL to Cincinnati on May 11, 1911
Harry Steinfeldt........…….1912 Spring training tryout with St Louis NL
Cy Young (glove)………….…signed with Boston Rustlers Aug 19, 1911
Hey guys
This project is still a work in progress....I may have some errors here. Therefore, feel free to correct me. I will really appreciate your inputs.
And, post your T215-1 cards....it's always neat to see some of these rarely seen tobacco cards.
TED Z
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