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The ARA recommended lettering practices for the 1920s were somewhat different. This car has the typical recommended lettering practices that were simplified in the late 20s, meaning fewer pieces of information stenciled on the car, and some of those allowed to be moved to the car end.
One of the very early Eagle articles from the mid-1980s showed some MP cars that had the earlier stenciling style along with the later ones.
I believe there are two Charlie Winters photos showing this series of USRA box (there were only 250), possibly even the same car, many years apart in time.
There was also a recent discussion on the RealSTMFC group on groups,io about the differences in the earlier vs. later recommended stenciling.
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