From Collins-McCarthy, the company which offered the long run of Zeenuts cards, this 1917 set now known as E135 offered 200 new subjects. While the company had been known for producing cards featuring players of the Pacific Coast League, the E135 set switched their focus to the National and American Leagues. Produced at a time when few sets were being issued, it gave collectors and baseball fans on the West Coast a look at players they had only read about in the newspapers or  in the annual Spading guides. While this set shares many photos with the later E121 set and the much-later E126 issue (both from American Caramel), this E135 set came first.

Centering is fantastic on this one, with edges to match. Unfortunately, softer corners and some faint soiling keep the card from grading even higher than it already has. Still, lots of eye appeal here, with the gorgeous St. Louis Browns uniform front and center.

SGC has only ever graded 6 total examples of this 1917 E135, with only TWO receiving a higher grade than the Good+ 2.5 offered here of Burt Shotton.