1923-24 Cigarros Billiken (Billiken Cigarettes) and La Moda Set and Checklist

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Title Cigarros Billiken (Billiken Cigarettes) and La Moda
Year 1923-24
Size 2″ x 2 1/2″
Images Black and White
Type Tobacco
Number in Set
60

1923-24 Cigarros Billiken (Billiken Cigarettes) and La Moda Overview

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Produced in Cuba,the 1923-24 Billiken Cigarettes set features various Cuban baseball players. While more commonly known as the Billiken Cigarettes issue, the same cards are also found with La Moda advertising on the back. The La Moda cards are significantly rarer.

The cards are black and white and relatively plain with an image on the front and the player’s name and team printed at the bottom. Four teams were included in the set – Almendares, Habana, Marianao, and Santa Clara – and each team has cards of 15 players.

In Spanish, backs read “This beautiful collection of photographs consists of all national sports.”

The maker of the cards appear to be Villaamil, Santalla, y Ca, a name printed on the backs.

1923-24 Cigarros Billiken (Billiken Cigarettes) and La Moda Checklist

  1. Baro
  2. Cueto
  3. Dreke
  4. Fabre
  5. Fernandez
  6. Fuhr
  7. Jimenez
  8. Henry
  9. Herrera
  10. Hubbard
  11. Marsans
  12. May
  13. Morin
  14. Rodriguez
  15. Winters
  16. Abreu
  17. Bischoff
  18. Clark
  19. Cooper
  20. Eggleston
  21. Jiminez
  22. Guerra
  23. Levis
  24. Lloyd
  25. Mirabal
  26. Portuondo
  27. Quintana
  28. Ross
  29. Thomas
  30. Wesley
  31. Acosta
  32. Acostica
  33. Brown
  34. Bown
  35. Crespo
  36. Deberry
  37. Dressen
  38. Fitzsimmons
  39. Griffin
  40. Krueger
  41. Love
  42. Perez
  43. Rigal
  44. Schreiber
  45. Torriente
  46. Charleston
  47. Currie
  48. Dibut
  49. Douglass
  50. Duncan
  51. Marcelle
  52. Mayari
  53. Mendez
  54. Molina
  55. Moore
  56. Oms
  57. Rios
  58. Rojo
  59. Ryan
  60. Warfield

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