SMR Article - 1909 Dockman & Sons (E92) set

[shernan30]

Originally Posted by Vintagecatcher

I also have an unusual Harry Bemis E92 Dockman & Sons that missed at least one, perhaps more, color passes. Note the collar color is the same as the rest of the uniform, whereas, the normal finished card had a blue collar.

Patrick

Neat card Patrick. If you ever plan to pass it on to another collector let me know.

Steven

[brianp-beme]

Here are a few general remarks about the E92 Dockman set.

I believe that the E92 Dockman cards are the 2nd most commonly encountered of the small size caramel cards, after the E90-1 American Caramel set, and is easily the most common of the four E92 advertising backs.

The 40 cards share the same artwork drawn from a pool of 62 different images that are seen throughout the E92 sets. The 40 within the Dockman set are also seen in each of the other three E92 issues.

There are no known rarities in the set that I am aware. The checklist for the Dockman cards has stayed at 40 subjects for decades, and it is extremely doubtful that any more would be discovered now, and if they were they would probably be in some sort of proof or scrap form.

The most obvious omissions from the the Dockman set are Cobb, Collins and Evers, but there are six other commons and a Bender variation (striped cap) not included that are seen in the two Croft sets and the Nadja set, as well as the 12 St. Louis cards that are only seen in the Nadja set.

They, like many other of the caramel cards of the era, are just dang cool.

Brian

[jcc6252]

A favorite Dockman & Sons