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Hi Ted,

I am happy to provide your requested data when I return to the office. But I don't think I would extend my working theory to Detroit. Under my working theory, there were five 350/460 subjects removed from production early:

Doyle (N.Y.) reason = team caption error
Nichols (Batting) reason = retirement after a few games played with Cleveland
Kleinow (N.Y. Catching) reason = trade to Boston
Rhoades (Right Arm Extended) reason = retirement after 1909 from Cleveland
Smith (Chi. White Cap) reason = trade to Boston

And there were four undisputed 350/460 subjects added:

Demmitt (St. Louis) reason - trade to St. Louis (Polar Bear only)
Kleinow (Boston) reason = trade to Boston
O'Hara (St. Louis) reason = trade to St. Louis (Polar Bear only)
Smith (Chicago & Boston) reason = trade to Boston

So the emphasis is on St. Louis, Cleveland -- and I suppose Boston.

Perhaps the transition was as follows ???

Midwestern sheet (Polar Bear only)

Doyle --> Joss/Willis (extra-print)
Kleinow (N.Y.) --> Kleinow (Boston)
Nichols --> Demmitt
Rhoades --> O'Hara
Smith (Chi.) --> Smith (Chi. & Boston)

Non-Midwestern sheet

Doyle --> Stahl
Kleinow (N.Y.) --> Kleinow (Boston)
Nichols --> ???
Rhoades --> ???
Smith (Chi.) --> Smith (Chi. & Boston)

Scot

EDITED TO ADD: As for Cobb (Red) being printed in large quantities with Polar Bear, I can say that ALL of the 6 superprints were printed in large quantities with Polar Bear. I believe this to be a superprint phenomenon, not a Detroit-specific phenomenon.