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john/z28jd Joe,I knew about only one to a pack as far as we know,but I needed to put the 2 players together from the start,so that was done on purpose for the story. I didnt know about the photography,I figured it was one of those ones where the guy held up the powder on the board above his head like you see in the movies depicting the old days,and the other guy went under a cloth hanging from the camera and snapped the picture. I knew about the 24 to a sheet,Ive seen the one the Library of Congress has but dont understand why you asked that?
As far as the real stats vs made up,all of the major league dates,players and scores and stats are real,how they happened might not be the same but I was writing a fictional story not relaying history. The minor league stuff is all made up and if you go to the retrosheet page for Art Mills you can actually read an in depth story about him which is very interesting. I didnt read the story about him until after I was done on purpose because I didnt want to just write what has already happened like i said above. I changed a couple things just for the story like a game that happened on a friday I said happened on a monday when he went back to school with the cards
There is also one other huge error in the story,cards dont talk 
There were family references in the story,one being me getting cards for Christmas and Birthdays every year from my dad. Another being the Dick Kokos card from the card shop which was put in there just for my dad who found that same card while working on remodeling a kitchen.It was under the fridge when he moved it and he gave it to me with the owners consent. Another one was the mom putting everything back in the same spot when she cleaned,my grandmother is known for being meticulous with placement of objects around the house,you can move something like a knick-knack and she just senses it,my dad used to tell me funny stories about moving stuff on her. The last thing I threw in for my dad who was reading the story daily as I was writing was the phrase "prattle of the dead" which is a favorite quote of ours from the Married with Children tv show. I dont think Ive heard the word prattle used any other time