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Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss
But here is what bothers me: Why would Reccius issue a cigar of Wagner, in Louisville garb, years after Wagner left Louisville?
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The same reason cities of minor league teams who produce huge major league stars issue cards for them long after they've left town. I know of several Reading Phillies issues like that and most of those guys were in town for less than a year. Wagner playing several years in Louisville and then becoming one of the biggest stars in the majors, which he was by 1904, could easily inspire a local vendor to do something like that.
I think your research is fantastic and don't find any contradiction, or even anything unusual in the fact that he was issued in a Louisville uniform years after he played there.