Px7 disk, P2 pins, and S74 silks question–Rustlers

[BobC]

Todd,

All great research. I'm with you and think the S74 white silks probably came out in 1911, or near the very end of 1910, about the same time as the T205s as well. As to which actually came out first, we'll likely never know for sure, but they did precede all the other sets using the similar images.

And regarding Beck's T205 and why they didn't show him with either the Reds or the Phillies after two different trades he went through in 1911 is odd. But as I was speculating, it seems that the only team they bothered to show a new card for the players in the T205 set was when they went to the Cubs. There was something about the Rustlers and the Cubs. Whoever was originally putting the T205 set together to produce made sure initially that anyone with the Rustlers in 1910 through the start of the 1911 season got shown as a Rustler on their card. But they only bothered to do a second card with their new team if they got traded to the Cubs. So whoever made changes to the set after it first started getting produced must have liked the Cubs. Go figure.