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A reminder based on the Marty Pattin question - Topps didn't shoot major leaguers in 1968 and part of 1967.

For reference, having personally extensively examined the uncountable collection of negatives (1,000,000? 5,000,000?) which usd to fill a conference-room sized closet in downtown Manhattan, here's what/where/when they shot - so you don't sit around waiting for shots that are never going to appear:

1950-1955: no photography (publicity photos used)
1956-1957: full time photographer at three NYC parks
1958: photography at Yankee Stadium, Chicago parks, Philadelphia, LA, SF, use of Don Wingfield's services in DC
1959: as above but adding limited spring training photography
1960-1961: as above but more comprehensive spring training work
1962-1966: full time photographer at NYC parks, SF, spring training, with limited shooting in other cities
1967: intermittent photography as new Players Association insists on union-wide deal and posing boycott grows to the point that perhaps less than 50 players are photographed after June 1
1968: no major league photography; free lancers shoot International and Pacific Coast League teams extensively and images of players who "must" be included in early series of 1969 cards are purchased from established photographers like George Brace in Chicago, J.D. McCarthy in Detroit (who made the Aurelio Rodriguez/Batboy mistake), and Louis Requena in New York (the Reggie Jackson rookie image)
1969-roughly 1995: comprehensive photography by staffers in New York (Mickey Palmer) and Bay Area (Doug McWilliams) parks and spring training, occasionally elsewhere
1996-Present: some staff photography, especially in spring training photo day sessions - remainder, game action and free lance