Dan, A marvelous array of the Washington Times and Baltimore News. Truly amazing. Congratulations, sir.
If you wouldn't mind sharing what you know, how were the Washington Times cards distributed? Did the newspaper have stipulations or requirements for the recipient of such beautiful cards?
Are Washington Times / Baltimore News cards precisely the same size and thickness? Are they thicker than the Cracker Jack series? It would seem both of these issues were designed and printed by the same firm, whoever that might have been.
Regardless, thank you most sincerely for sharing this sumptuous visual feast of pre-war cards that would never be ranked among the ordinary. Extraordinary would be appropriate!
Wishing you well. ---Brian Powell