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Originally Posted by Kidnapped18
Art M and Ted Z
What is the deal with Ames? Why is he listed separate on T206 Resource under probable no prints making total 34? But Ted Z has him in Group A for a total of 35?
Is there not a consensus on Ames or am I missing something?
Thanks Tony
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Hi Tony
Bear with me, I am going into a long dissertation to prove to you that the Ames (hands above head) card was printed in what I refer to as
Group A of the the 350/460 series.
From years of research regarding the 63 subjects the
350/460 series, I presented a theory which I posted in April 2010 on Net54 in which I hypothesize that the AB 460 and
UZIT cards were printed as pairs. Also, BL 460 and red HINDU cards were printed as pairs. Furthermore, these two groups of pairs are
Mutually-Exclusive.
Illustrated here are scans of the
350/460 series subjects in order to show how these mutually-exclusive backs in this series resulted from American Lithographic separating
these 63 subjects into two print groups.
Group A of the
350/460 series includes
35 subjects printed and issued with these four 460-type backs (circa..late 1910 > early 1911).
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Factory #25 VA ......................... Factory#42 N.C.
Conversely, these 35 subjects were
NOT PRINTED with....
AMERICAN BEAUTY 460....
UZIT
Group A
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Group B
Group B of the
350/460 series includes
28 subjects printed and issued with these two 460-type backs (circa..Feb-Mar 1911).
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Conversely, these 28 subjects were
NOT PRINTED with..
SWEET CAPORAL 460 Factory 25..
SWEET CAPORAL 460 Factory 42..
red HINDU..
BROAD LEAF 460
Tony, my above stated theory has withstood the test of 10+ years (so far). In fact, I have offered a $500 reward to anyone who can come up with an authentic Ames (hands
above head) card with either an AMERICAN BEAUTY 460 back or a UZIT back. I am that certain of my theory.
T206 Resource is a good website....but in this case, they have this one all wrong.
I completely expect that this Ames card will eventually be discovered with a BROAD LEAF 460 back, and a Red HINDU back.
TED Z
T206 Reference
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