The RED CROSS (T215-1) set consists of 96 cards. It is comprised of a mixture of T206 subjects from the 350-only series....350/460 series....
460-only series....and, one subject from the 150/350 series [Mathewson (white cap)].
These cards were issued in 2 series. The 1st series of 48 (or 36) subjects in 1910. The 2nd series of 48 (or 60) subjects in the Spring of 1912.
The Red Cross cards were printed at American Lithographic. These cards were shipped to the Lorillard plant (Factory #10) in Jersey City (NJ).
There they were inserted into the Red Cross tobacco products. A large find of Red Cross cards occurred some years back in the Louisiana area.
RED CROSS..... 96 subjects
Ames (hands above head)
Baker
Ball
Boston AL
Bender (trees)
Bender (no trees)
Bridwell (portrait-cap)
Byrne (Pittsburg)
Camnitz (arm at side)
Chance (bat)
Chase (trophy)
Cobb (bat off shoulder)
Ed Collins (A's)
Conroy (bat)
Crandall (portrait-cap)
Crawford (bat)
Cree
Davis
Cleveland
Devore
Donlin (bat)
Pittsburg
Doolan (fielding)
Dougherty (arm in air)
L. Doyle (bat)
L. Doyle (portrait)
Elberfeld (fielding)
Ford
Fromme
Griffith (bat)
Washington
Hartsel
Toledo
Herzog
New York NL
Hoblitzel
Hofman
Howard
Huggins (hands at mouth)
Cinci
Huggins (portrait)
St Louis NL
Hummel
Jennings (one hand)
Jennings (two hands)
Johnson (pitching)
Kelley
Konetchy (glove low)
Krause
Lajoie (bat)
Lake (no ball)
Latham
Leach (cap)
Leifield (bat)
Lord
Magee (bat)
Marquard (portrait)
Marquard (pitching)
Mathewson (white cap)
Mathewson (dark cap)
McGinnity
McGraw (portrait-cap)
McGraw (glove)
Harry McIntyre
Chicago NL
McLean
St Louis NL
Merkle (throwing)
Meyers (portrait)
Miller
Mike Mitchell
Chicago NL
Mowrey
St Louis NL
Mullin(bat)
Murphy (bat)
Murray (portrait)
Oakes
St Louis NL
Oldring (bat)
O'Leary (hands/knees)
Paskert
Pelty (vertical)
Washington
Purtell
Quinn
Reulbach (no glove)
Rucker (throwing)
Schaefer (Washington)
Schulte (back view)
Sheckard (glove)
Frank Smith
Cincinnati
Speaker
Stahl (glove)
Steinfeldt (bat)
St. Louis NL
Street (portrait)
New York AL
Street (catching)
New York AL
Sweeney (New York AL)
Tannehill (Chicago AL)
Tinker (bat on shoulder)
Tinker (bat off shoulder)
Wagner (bat on right)
Warhop
Wheat
Doc White (pitching)
Willetts
Wilson
Wiltse (pitching)
Wiltse (portrait-cap)
Cy Young (glove)
Teams in bold letters signify a different team from that of it's T206 counterpart (due to trades).
TRADES....circa 1909 - Summer 1912 that are reflected on these T215-1 cards.
Neal Ball.......................from Cleveland to Boston AL on June 25, 1912
Bobby Byrne.................from St Louis NL to Pittsburg on Aug 19, 1909
Harry Davis...................from Phila. A's to Cleveland 1912
Mike Donlin...................from Boston NL to Pittsburg on February 17, 1912
Clark Griffith.................signed a contract to manage Washington in Oct 1911
Topsy Hartsel................signed by Toledo (A A) in the Fall of 1911
Buck Herzog..................from Boston NL to New York NL on July 22, 1911
Miller Huggins (port).......from Cinci to St Louis on Feb 3, 1910
Harry McIntyre..............from Brooklyn to Chicago NL on April 13, 1910
Matty McIntyre..............from Detroit to Chicago AL on Jan 12, 1911
Mike Mowrey.................from Cinci to St Louis NL on August 22, 1909
Rebel Oakes..................from Cinci to St Louis on Feb 3, 1910
Frank Smith..................from Boston AL to Cinci on May 11, 1911
Harry Steinfeldt............1912 Spring training tryout with St Louis NL
Gabby Street................from Washington to New York AL on Feb 17, 1912
This RED CROSS checklist is still a
work in progress; therefore, I would appreciate any updates to it. Especially, I am looking for more team
changes....that are different from the original T206 captions.
TED Z
T206 Reference
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