I believe the mis-aligned cap for Alexander can be attributed to the fact that the Universal toy card was probably taken from the e220 photo of Old Pete,which shows him in an old Phillies uniform. If you review this thread:
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=92515
you'll see a four-on-one Universal Toy card for Alexander that came directly from the E220 action pose, and the head shot here seems to be just a cropped and enlarged version of that same photo. Borrowing from E220, the card creators here apparently just forgot to do their homework and change the cap.
The Meadows card is derived from the E220 photo also, as Brian showed, and depicts him in a uniform not worn by the Phillies until 1921. Bancroft too is shown in a Giants uniform not worn until 1921. So it seems that nothing from the cards in this thread warrants a finding that the set was issued as far back as 1917, IMO.
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