[FrankWakefield]

Lew Lipset's Encyclopedia of Baseball Cards, volume 3, about 20th century tobacco cards would be helpful for you. It was reprinted combined with volumes 1 and 2. It lists all of the cards, I don't think any have been discovered after publication. Also, the large Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards, Bob Lemke worked on assembling these, they were published by Krause; it has a good listing of the cards.

And Bert Sugar's The Sports Collector's Bible lists them, there were 4 editions of the book, try you get the 4th edition, and if not, go for the 3rd. He lists the each of the 8 series separately, and then in each series the cards are bunched by team. That'd be helpful if you're really after those hometown cards.

Dodging your query about short-prints, generally the cards of series 8 and 6 are the least plentiful, with series 7 close behind. Series 1 and 2 cards can eventually be tracked down.

Doc, I hope that helps. What's your home town?