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Mark MacraeI've collected & studied Bay Area baseball card issues for more than 30 years & have an article that is 95% complete (likely to be run in VCBC in the future) on the E-135 Collins McCarthy issue. While no physical advertising has been found specifically promoting this set (unlike the Zeenut / Home Run Kisses advertisements which are known) I feel that the following examples point towards this being a 1917 issue.The following players were not playing for the teams they were depicted on until 1917...#16 Ping Bodie played 206 games in 1916 (every game) for the San Francisco. He did not start playing for the A's until 1917.Captioned as an A's player.#55 Chick Gandil played 146 games for Cleveland in 1916. He played briefly with the White Sox in 1910, but not again until the 1917 season. He is captioned with the White Sox.#96 Jimmy Lavender played with the Cubs from 1912 thru 1916. He began playing for the Phillies in 1917 & his card is captioned Phillies.#194 Joe Wood played for the Red Sox from 1908-1915. In 1917 he pitched in five games for the Indians. He is captioned with the Indians.There are a number of other inconsistancies found within the series (which will be released when the article has been completed). Since baseball cards in those days were marketed from April until October, the safe money goes with this being a 1917 issue