help identifying a 1920s-ish type card

[ValKehl]

Tim, the credit for any expertise I have re the W501 cards belongs to Rhett Yeakley. Rhett wrote a wonderful article for the Fall 2011 issue of Old Cardboard Magazine that I have often referred to over the years. Below are the 2 pages of Rhett's article that include his comments about the W501 set.

I have also come to realize that another way to distinguish the W501-2 cards from the W575-1 cards is that the rectangle containing the player's image is slightly smaller, both in length and width, on a W501-2 card.

[DennyH]

From what you’re saying, it sounds like you might be dealing with a reprint or a variation, especially if the card tone looks different from the usual yellowish tint of the originals like E121/W501/W575. Those sets are pretty old, so originals usually have that aged look. If yours looks too fresh or the colors seem off, it could be a modern reprint or a fake