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Bottom of the NinthHal Lewis had done some exhaustive research with the assistance of others and had conclusive evidence as to these issues:
1) There are no 1904 Fan Craze baseball cards, even though the "game" was copyrighted in 1904. All of the cards in BOTH league sets depict players on their 1906 teams.
2) The N28 Allen & Ginters set should be dated as an 1888 set and NOT an 1887 set, because Clarkson is shown in his Boston uniform, and he was not traded to Boston until 1888.
3) All of the M101-5 and M101-4 cards were printed in 1916, because the former Federal League players from 1915 are shown with their new 1916 teams, and these trades were not completed until 1916. Moreover, since there were constant changes in the M101-5 set and then a shift to printing the M101-4 set with subsequent constant changes, and because a Sporting News ad on April 16, 1916 advertises the M101-4 set (it mentions a player NOT in the M101-5 set)... these two sets had to have been printed within 2 -3 weeks of each other and probably distributed SIMALTANEOUSLY to the public at season's start.
4) Only the first 24 cards from the 1934-36 Diamond Backs set were ever printed with the 1934 date on back.
5) The 1869 Peck & Snyder with the "Ann Street" address had to have been printed before May 1, 1870, when they closed that store and moved to the "Nassau Street" address.
6) The 1899 Reccius Honus Wagner card has an address on it that is consistent with the 1900 census and Louisville register which show "G. Henry Reccius" at that address as a "cigar maker."
7) 1948 -1949 Leaf was issued in 1949 and never in 1948.