What if..Burdick had classified T206's with respect to their individual 15 T-brands ?

[drdduet]

Ted,

I'm not certain on the legalities of all of it, I'll take your word for it. Lipset, the ACC, and the Standard Catalog all refer to Red Cross as a Louisiana issue and I've always heard to it referred that way as well.

I would assume why overprinting of some factory notations was important and thus done--because if they didn't and were distributed out of the state printed, they would be in violation of federal law?

Why is Red Cross considered a Louisiana issue? My thoughts and recollections are based purely of hobby documentation, suggestion, and reports of Red Cross "finds". Any of you have any other reasoning for considering Red Cross a Louisiana issue?

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by drdduet

Ted,

I'm not certain on the legalities of all of it, I'll take your word for it. Lipset, the ACC, and the Standard Catalog all refer to Red Cross as a Louisiana issue and I've always heard to it referred that way as well.

I would assume why overprinting of some factory notations was important and thus done--because if they didn't and were distributed out of the state printed, they would be in violation of federal law?

Why is Red Cross considered a Louisiana issue? My thoughts and recollections are based purely of hobby documentation, suggestion, and reports of Red Cross "finds". Any of you have any other reasoning for considering Red Cross a Louisiana issue?

Many T cards were distributed out of the state where they were produced I believe--the factory notations were required for legal reasons associated with production and packaging as noted by Ted. There is a thread here on this somewhere on the site or maybe T206collector.com has it archived. The Red Cross/Louisiana connection is an intriguing one for sure.

[teetwoohsix]

"What if ..Burdick had classified T206's with respect to their 15 individual T-brands?"

Didn't he do that,in a sense?He painstakenly included every T-brand into T206that should've been included-and excluded others,for good reason-aside from similarities.

Jefferson Burdick was born in the year 1900 people.He was 9,10,and 11 years old when T206 cards were being circulated.HE WAS THERE!!!He also,more than likely,had a lot more information available back then to base his theories on than we have now-in the year 2010.Now,all we can do is debate and speculate and base our theories off of the limited information we have available to us in this day and age.

My point is that Burdick classified ALL of these cards the way he did for a reason.It may not make sense in some cases to you or I,but rest assured,he had a reason-and it made sense to him-a person who was alive through all of this.T206 is just fine the way it is.

[barrysloate]

Clayton- interesting that you pointed out Burdick was roughly a ten year old when T206 was issued. You can imagine that that is when he developed his passion for these cards, as he was a child during their golden age. Had he been born in 1890, which would have made him 20 in 1910 and perhaps too old to collect them, his whole life, and our hobby, might have been different.

[drdduet]

I believe we have more detailed information than Burdick had in his day, but I must say he did a bang up, unbelievable job with the limitations of that period. Additionally there is always room to "grow" from retrospective analyses.

There will always be those who will collect via the ACC, and there will always be those who "dig" for answers.

Living in that period also means he was subject to the ideals, philosophy, and prejudices of the time. While I believe it poignant and proper to include a first hand account, I also believe that the best history is written after the fact--when all the factors, pieces, perspectives, and impact can be taken into account. And he did put it all together after the fact, but with not near the information we have available to us now. It would be invaluable if I could pick his brain and ask him to expound on why he did it one way or another. What Burdick has provided is invaluable and second to none, I don't think anyone would argue with that.