1916 Everybody's origins uncovered-- thanks Jason!

[nolemmings]

Thanks again guys. I now have seen ads for all ten series of 20 cards except the first. The “sets” of 20 were doled out on consecutive Saturdays from April 22 through June 24, 1916. The first three were given away free to kids who just showed up at the Fourth Floor Boy’s Clothing Department, which might explain in part why almost all of the known surviving examples are found in Series 2. A purchase of any kind in the Boys Department was required to obtain Series 4 and all series thereafter, with the “complete set of 200 photographs given with every $5 suit”. A sample card was shown in the ads for 7 of the 9 series I saw, as follows:

Series 1: ?
Series 2: Evers (although he’s a series 3 card)
Series 3: none
Series 4: Huggins
Series 5: WaJo
Series 6: none
Series 7: Paskert
Series 8: Schalk
Series 9: Tinker
Series 10: Wagner

Here's the store, which matches up with postcards depicting its predecessor and a successor, although I have not seen a postcard of the Everybody's store while it bore that name.