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Old 06-30-2018, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by brianp-beme View Post
I believe all or almost all cards of Ross Youngs are identified as Ross Young. I have always assumed the press got their unusual names wrong early in the career and it just stuck.

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Similar to what Brian said, I suspect than once the fiirst or an early card issuer got the name wrong, it got perpetuated by subsequent card issuers, such as the issuer of the 1926 Kut Outs Die-Cut cards:
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