Night Owl Cards

Two things jumped out at me when I first viewed this card sent by Cardboard Catastrophes . One is on the front and one is on the back. Since we're looking at the front, I'll address that first. The wonderfully alliterative Wally Westlake is wearing a Phillies hat and is indeed listed with the Phillies. He was signed by Philadelphia in November, 1955. But look closely at the illustrated image of Westlake swinging a bat and what do you see? Yes, you see a man wearing a Cardinals uniform. What the heck? Westlake did play for the Cardinals -- he played for a lot of teams -- but that was back in 1951 and 1952, four years prior to this card being issued. Since the '56 Topps cards often feature illustrated versions of black-and-white photographs, I'm wondering why the artist didn't merely sketch in Phillies colors and Phillies notation instead of picturing him with two different teams on the same card (although, I admit that phenomenon is all too rare and quite ...