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brian pI own two Famous and Barr cards, a Fred Snodgrass (#168), and a Mordecai Brown (#17). According to the SCD, due to their numbering this means that the Snodgrass is related to the M101-5 set, and the Brown is related to the M101-4.
Which leads me to a couple of questions. The backs of these two cards are printed in different directions. Looking at the front of each card and flipping it left to right onto its back side, the Snodgrass (M101-5) is printed with the Famous and Barr logo running from bottom to top, but the Brown (101-4) card has the logo running top to bottom. I am not overly familiar with these issues--is this common, or do I have some sort of freak of nature?
Secondly, all the half dozen or so Sporting Life related cards I own measure a fairly consistent 1-9/16" wide (which is a 1/16" narrower than the SCD catalog says, but sometimes their measurements are off a little), but this mysterious Brown I own is 1-21/32". Is this type of size variance typical?
Brian