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Originally Posted by swarmee
Well, your card appears to be a nice 4, not a 5. And since there was no television back in those days, it's quite possible fans didn't know what he looked like. I think some of the other cards from this series were also taken much earlier than the issue date.
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Oops! Thanks for pointing out the typo John.
In 1911, McGraw was extremely well-known and popular. He would probably rank among the top three in baseball popularity at the time. And although there was no television or internet, they did have newspapers, periodicals such as Sporting Life & The Sporting News, and of course, baseball cards.