I've got 21,769 Cubs cards from 317 different brands listed on a spreadsheet. A random number generator picked five cards, one each from the past several decades.
1900s - 1970s: 1972 Topps #439 Billy Williams The RNG gets things off to a great start! Billy had the best year of his career in 1972, leading the NL in hitting, finishing second in RBIs and third in home runs. He was the Sporting News Player of the Year and finished second in MVP voting.
1980s: 1984 O-Pee-Chee #176 Lee Smith The picture on the card has to be taken at a spring training game. The Cubs never wore white uniforms on any of their uniforms, but they often wore BP jerseys for spring games in this era.
1990s: 19901 Colla #5 Ryne Sandberg This card comes from a 12-card set featuring the photography of photographer Barry Colla.
2000s: 2005 Studio #56 Aramis Ramirez This was the last year for Studio and it looks like they went out with a whimper. Could they not afford to use color photos of the players?
2010s: 2015 Heritage '51 #96 Jon Lester The picture nicely captures Lester's game face. He always looked like he was really zoned while he was on the mound.
Solid group of players from this sample.
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