The lone Fa Des Moines player is Ed Swartwood (cards based on photoshoot with Brooklyn the year before). The rest of the 1888 Des Moines cards are all Fb and extremely tough. The one guy that might give you most trouble is Orator Shafer as he wasn't re-issued a card in 1889 and thus wanted by advanced collectors.
Vast majority, maybe 80%, of Des Moines cards surviving today are of the Fc variety.
Good luck!
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Joe Gonsowski
COLLECTOR OF:
- 19th century Detroit memorabilia and cards with emphasis on Goodwin & Co. issues ( N172 / N173 / N175 ) and Tomlinson cabinets
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