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Hal LewisOr of course they could have merged in late 1867 after the season ended and the dime guides stopped printing for that year.
Regardless, if the Creighton is a "Peck & Snyder"...
it cannot be any older than late-1867.
He died in 1862... but I don't think anyone ever actually thought that the card was issued that early.
It has always been considered a later-produced tribute card as far as I was aware. Still an incredible card, nonetheless.
It may have been produced before the 1868 Atlantics card... or may have been done at the same time.
Probably before, if I had to guess.