T216 Peoples Tobacco (Mino, Kotton, Virginia Extra) Set and Checklist
‘It’s In The Details’
Title | T216 Peoples Tobacco |
Year | 1911-16 (?) |
Size | 1 1/2″ x 2 5/8″ |
Images | Color |
Type | Tobacco |
Number in Set |
74 |
T216 Peoples Tobacco (Mino, Kotton, Virginia Extra) Overview
The T216 Peoples Tobacco set includes cards with three different advertising backs for their Mino, Kotton, and Virginia Extra brands. Kotton is the easiest to find while Mino and Virginia Extra are more difficult.
The cards feature color lithographs on the front along with the player’s name, position, and team at the bottom. The cards were printed on two types of card stock – one is noticeably thinner than the other.
Images on the fronts were also used in other caramel card issues. Several different backs are used to represent the various Peoples Tobacco brands.
This is another issue that is believed to be distributed in the Louisiana area.
The dating on these cards appears to have mixed thoughts. Some sources attribute it to being produced from 1911 through 1914. Others say it extended into 1916.
T216 Peoples Tobacco (Mino, Kotton, Virginia Extra) Backs
While Mino and Virginia Extra cards have a single back, Kotton has three. Here are pictures of the five backs from the T216 issue.
T216 Peoples Tobacco (Mino, Kotton, Virginia Extra) Checklist
The checklist is the same across the three brands but it should be noted that numerous variations exist with regards to the printing in the bottom border below the pictures. Some players have cards with different positions, different team/league abbreviations, different team names, and more. As if all of that wasn’t enough, like many other caramel card sets, several players have pose variations. While 74 different pictures are in the set, more than 100 different cards are actually present counting all of the variations.
Please note that this checklist does not include all of the various print variations. Only true pose variations as well as font/background variations are listed as different cards.
- Jack Barry (batting)
- Jack Barry (fielding)
- Harry Bemis
- Chief Bender (white cap)
- Chief Bender (striped cap)
- Bill Bergen
- Bob Bescher
- Roger Bresnahan
- Al Bridwell (batting)
- Al Bridwell (sliding)
- Donie Bush
- Doc Casey
- Frank Chance
- Hal Chase (fielding)
- Hal Chase (portrait)
- Ty Cobb (batting)
- Ty Cobb (standing)
- Eddie Collins
- Sam Crawford (large print)
- Sam Crawford (smaller print)
- Harry Davis
- Ray Demmitt
- Art Devlin
- Bill Donovan
- Red Dooin
- Mickey Doolan
- Patsy Dougherty
- Larry Doyle (batting)
- Larry Doyle (fielding)
- Clyde Engle
- Johnny Evers
- Art Fromme
- George Gibson (back view)
- George Gibson (front view)
- Topsy Hartsel
- Roy Hartzell (batting)
- Roy Hartzell (fielding)
- Fred Jacklitsch
- Hughie Jennings (orange background)
- Hughie Jennings (red background)
- Red Kleinow
- Otto Knabe
- Jack Knight
- Nap Lajoie (fielding)
- Nap Lajoie (portrait)
- Hans Lobert
- Sherry Magee
- Rube Marquard
- Christy Mathewson
- John McGraw (large print)
- John McGraw (smaller print)
- Larry McLean
- George McQuillan
- Dots Miller (batting)
- Dots Miller (fielding)
- Daniel Murphy
- Bill O’Hara
- Rebel Oakes
- Eddie Plank
- Germany Schaefer
- Admiral Schlei
- Boss Schmidt
- Dave Shean
- Johnny Siegle
- Tris Speaker
- Oscar Stanage
- George Stovall
- Jeff Sweeney
- Joe Tinker
- Honus Wagner (batting)
- Honus Wagner (throwing)
- Hooks Wiltse
- Cy Young
- Heinie Zimmerman
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