With the Midwestern teams having the greatest number of cards in ths set, and with the White Sox being represented the most (9), would it be plausible that this set was produced in Chicago?
Many of the pictures of players from other teams appear to have been taken in old Comiskey park as well, which might support this theory.
After looking at the 1933 home schedule for the White Sox, I noticed something peculiar too. Here is the order of visiting teams to Chicago, and dates (with their corresponding number of W574 cards in parentheses):
St. Louis Browns 4/19-21 (5)
Cleveland Indians 4/22-24 (5)
Detroit Tigers 4/26-27 (5)
Philadelphia Athletics 5/4 (3)
Boston Red Sox 5/7 (2)
New York Yankees 5/8-10 (0)
Washington Senators 5/13-14 (0)
Based on this information, do you think that it could be possible that these cards might have been given away at the ballpark as promotions?
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