T206 DRUM's....and their "A-B-C-D connection"

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

In light of the most recent "phony" T206 Red Cobb with a DRUM back, I thought it would be informative to post the following
list of DRUM cards. In addition, I have observed a commonality between four of the tougher T-brand backs that I feel is worth
discussing here.


1st.....Shown here are the four T206 backs produced for the 350 Series that have identical stylized FRAME and lettering. It
is probably safe to conclude that the same artist at American Lithographic Co. (ALC) designed these four backs. The design
is exactly the same....just the name of the T-brand differs.
These tougher T206 cards were very likely inserted in their respective cigarette packs at the end of the 350 Series run. Scot
Reader's "Inside T206" book identifies the release of American Beauty 350 cards in the Summer of 1910 (quite later than the
availability of the Piedmont, Sweet Caporal, and Sovereign 350 cards). The Cycle, Broad Leaf, and Drum cards, I would theor-
ize, were available simultaneously with the American Beauty's, or in the Fall of 1910.
Therefore, due to this late date, the T206's in particular with Broad Leaf, and Drum backs were very Short-Printed.....as ALC
was more involved in producing their last (460) Series of cards to be released at the end of 1910 and early 1911.

However, there appears to be an emerging pattern, that all 4 of these backs were printed on certain Subjects. For example:
Dineen is found with AB 350, BL 350, Cy 350, and DRUM. If this observation is valid, then it can prove to be very valuable in
predicting the availaility of a DRUM (or a Broad Leaf) back. Incidently, this "rule" is only applicable to Subjects (approx. 200
cards) in the 350-only Series and the six Super-Prints.






This list reflects 28 years of recorded DRUM backs......there are a total of 80 Subjects.
Of these, 30 are from the 350/460 Series.

Arellanes
Atz
Baker
Barbeau
Barry (Milwaukee)
Becker
Bender (no trees)
Berger
Burch (fldg)
Burke
Carr
Chance (yellow)
Chase (dark cap)
Collins (Minnesota)
Crawford (bat)
Delehanty (Louisville)
Dineen
Donovan (throw)
Doolan (bat)
Dorner
Downs
Larry Doyle (bat)
Elberfeld (Washington-fldg)
Engle
Evers (Chi-yellow sky)
Fiene (portrait)
Graham (Boston)
Griffith (bat)
Hallman
Hinchman (Toledo)
Hoblitzell
Hofman
Huggins (hds/mouth)
Jackson
Jennings (dance)
Johnson (pitch)
Jordan (bat)
Killian (portrait)
Knabe
Konetchy (glove lo)
Krause (portrait)
Lake (no ball-St Louis)
Lattimore
Maddox
Magee (bat)
Marshall
Mathewson (dark cap)
McAleese
McBride
McQuillan (bat)
Milan
Moeller
Moran
Moriarty
Murray (bat)
Myers (fldg)
Overall (yel sky)
Pfeister (throw)
Phillippe
Pickering
Quinn
Reulbach (no glove)
Randall
Rudolph
Seymour (throw)
Speaker
Stahl (glove)
Steinfeldt (bat)
Stephens
Street (fldg)
Sweeney (bat)
Sweeney (fldg)
Taylor
Thielman
Titus
Wagner (bat/right)
Wilhelm (bat)
Willetts
Willis (bat)
Zimmerman


Net54er's....feel free to add to this list any T206 DRUM cards that do not appear on it.


TED Z