One other thought...
There's a notation that they were printed in Pittsburgh. I was in Nashville last week with my son and visited Hatch Show Print, a famous print shop that has produced windowcards like this since 1879. They are still in business. If it was truly a local production for the Nashville club, I would be shocked if they went out of town for printing in 1934 (depths of the depression) because of the extra shipping costs alone.
Perhaps the Negro League itself ordered stock posters in one large print run for all the teams, simply changing the team name at the top of the poster during the run. If that were true...and it might be...it seems that we would have seen this style before (I assume the Nashville team is pictured along with the other teams on the borders).
I know that only muddies the water a bit more...but I didn't want to let it pass without bringing it up.
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