[tedzan]

Mike Wheat

I appreciate your expertise regarding the T201's. And, thanks for confirming my observation that Factory #649 cards
are significantly more available than Factory #30. Here is my MECCA pack out of Factory # 30 (New York City).







If your observation that the Dougherty/Lord card exists only with the Factory #649 back is valid, and with an over-
whelming amount of these cards from Factory #649....then, my speculation is that American Litho's initial press runs
of T201's were shipped to the New York City factory producing MECCA cigarettes.
Sometime in mid-1911, ATC transferred their MECCA production to the more modern (and efficient) factory (#649) in
Rochester, NY.....where significantly more MECCA cigarettes were produced.


TED Z