w573 and such.....

[brianp-beme]

The large size Quinn, DeVormer, Mostil and Aldridge cards are the heavy cardboard versions of W573. The Mostil with the punch hole is the sepia colored blank backs that are otherwise very similiar to the E120 set. The others are regular issue W573, American Caramel and Neilson cards, and are shown for comparision.

Note how much larger the heavy cardboard W573's are. All the ones I have seen are consistent in size like the four shown. Another interesting point is that the DeVormer W573 cards are designated with New York and Boston. DeVormer was traded to Boston in January of 1923, so this would indicate a likely issue date of 1922 for the hand cut paper issue, and 1923 for the heavy cardboard version.

Brian