We had an IR come in on this set, and I decided to see what I could do to get it added. Fun little ride. O have included my write up that I made for the IR, and because it has so much info about the whys and hows of the creation of the checklist(s) here, I figured it would be best to make it public so if anyone comes across this set in the future, this info will be there for them. Thank goodness Admin has made several site advancements over the years. Those have allowed me to format this the way I did. (And unless there is something incorrect, no comments are needed - thank you.)
What follows is the IR write up:
This one was a little complicated, and in an effort to fully document the set the way it was released, and to be able to display the cards on site in the best possible way, I had to get creative.
Mixing card sizes in a set makes for one or the other being too small to see properly. Especially when one card size is less than 3x2 (player cards) and the other is larger than 5x3 (team cards). So I made the "Team Cards" and "insert" set. That way, they can display at their full size without shrinking the player cards into oblivion, as well as allowing the smaller cards to display in full in their checklist. (If we added the larger team cards into a set that was 2x3, they would be shrunk and be very hard to see.)
Additionally, while researching this set, I found that the 4 teams were issued (exclusively) in full "Panel" form. I have added a "parallel" set that includes those as well.
Sets and checklists added:
Base set: https://www.tcdb.com/Checklist.cfm/sid/243756/1925-Universal-Toy-and-Novelty-(W504)
Team Cards: https://www.tcdb.com/Checklist.cfm/sid/243757/1925-Universal-Toy-and-Novelty-(W504)---Team-Photos
Panels: https://www.tcdb.com/Checklist.cfm/sid/243758/1925-Universal-Toy-and-Novelty-(W504)---Team-Panels
Also, there are 8 unknown cards. Generally, we do not like to enter incomplete checklists, but considering this is what is known of a 95-year-old set, we'll take it, and maybe someday the other 8 cards will be discovered (if ever a Senators sheet is found!).
-- Dan --
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