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Originally Posted by usernamealreadytaken
The point of this board, as I see it, is to share knowledge and ideas on the cards we collect. This process has enhanced the hobby, and specifically that of T206. Theories and postulates have been and are proposed and the vast majority are quashed based on facts and evidence. However, the few that prove to be sound by way of this process are cherished and provide needed and wanted insight on what happened in a few factories between 1909-11...
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I agree, and certainly meant no animosity in any of my posts. My feeling is that there wasn't "thinking" going on in the planning and distribution of any of these sets. I think it was haphazard. ATC ordered some cards printed to move cigarettes. When it worked, they ordered more. After a few years, they did similar things, sometimes regionally, with other players and other brands. I don't believe there was any master plan that said these cards will go with this set, etc.
Moreover, I don't think they had any concept that men would be sitting around talking about their marketing plans, 100 years later.