T206 DRUM guide and UPDATED checklist

[tedzan]

As difficult as the T206 DRUM cards are to find, there are "rules of thumb" to predict if a certain subject was printed with the DRUM back. The following rules
can be used as a guide.

350-only series

There are 190 subjects in this series that were printed with the AMERICAN BEAUTY 350 frame back (circa..Summer of 1910). My "A-B-C-D" theory (see NOTE)
suggests that these 190 subjects were also printed with the BROAD LEAF 350, CYCLE 350 and DRUM backs. For the greater part, this has been proven true for
the BROAD LEAF 350 and CYCLE 350 cards. However....to date....only 107 subjects in the 350-only series have been found with the DRUM back. Recent DRUM
finds these past several years have added new DRUM's to this tally. Eventually, I expect that we will find the outstanding DRUM cards.

Subsequently, I will post the confirmed lists of the AB 350 and DRUM cards in this series.


350-only series example

350/460 series example


350/460 series

The AMERICAN BEAUTY 350 (AB 350) cards in the 350/460 series were printed without the frame. We have confirmed 37 of the subjects in this series with this
AB 350 back. It appears that American Lithographic also printed these 37 guys with DRUM backs. To date, 34 have been confirmed with the DRUM back. The 3
outstanding subjects that have yet to be discovered (and, I fully expect they eventually will appear) are......

Conroy (bat)
Mullin (bat)
Stahl (glove)

Subsequently, I will post the confirmed lists of the AB 350 and DRUM cards in this series.



NOTE....A-B-C-D stylistic pattern




For more info on this A-B-C-D pattern, check-out these two threads......

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...eaf-cycle-drum

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...eaf-cycle-drum




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