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davidcyclebackA photographer like John Wood could make the same or similar cabinet card over a period of time, and he could also make 'singles' at different times in the year. So it can be difficult at best to say which particular photo came first first. Though there are instances where there are the "proofs" or "original art" that the cabinet cards were made from, and, obviously, the proofs would have come first.
Most catalog a rookie card by year, not by month or time of day or which one came first by ten seconds. So, any genuine trading card from the appropriate year should be considered a rookie. If there are ten different rookie cards for a player, so be it.
Besides, no one has convinced me that any of these any of these John Wood photos are trading cards. I'm not saying they aren't, but no one has shown me that they are. I start with the question about Hal's cabinet: Why was it made and how was it distributed?