100th anniversary of T201's....show and/or tell us of your cards

[Zach Wheat]

Originally Posted by tedzan

Hey guys, some of these T201's came out of MECCA packs from the tobacco plant in New York City (Factory #30).
Other T201's came out of MECCA packs from the tobacco plant in Rochester, New York (Factory #649).

My T201 set of 103 cards (includes an extra Chance/Evers, Johnson/Street, & Crawford/Cobb) have 48 cards with
Factory #649 backs and 5 cards with Factory #30 backs.
Another T201 set has 47 cards with Factory #649 backs and 3 cards with Factory #30 backs.

I'm curious, if this Factory's distribution is typical for these T201 cards ?

Please check out your cards and tell us what you have ? ?

Thanks for your time and effort on this survey.


TED Z

Ted,

Thanks for the clarification. I just assumed the Rochester plant produced both cig. packs as well as printed cards. And did this likely hold for T206 also? Your answer suggest that is the case. I did not realize cards were printed at one place and then shipped to another factory for insertion into packs.