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Title	Marsuma Golf
Year	1914
Size	1 1/2″ x 2 5/8″
Images	Black and White
Type	Tobacco
Number in Set	50

1914 Marsuma Golf Overview

This interesting series is unidentifiable from the fronts to collectors not familiar with them as no text is present. The cards are only identified on the backs as an issue from Marsuma Pure Virginia Cigarettes packages from the Marsuma Company.

Fronts picture black and white golfers and, as identified on the backs, several of them were to be put together to form a complete picture. While it references a total of seven pictures, there are actually 50 cards in the set that make up those images.

Actual golfers were used in the photographs and are named on the backs. As several cards made up one image, there are not a total of 50 different golfers pictured in the set. The release includes several Hall of Fame players, such as Harry Vardon, James Braid, and J.H. Taylor, among others.

One distinctive feature of the cards is that they have a pale gold colored border. Finding them in high-grade condition is often difficult.

1914 Marsuma Golf Checklist

1. Harry Vardon (Hands)
2. Harry Vardon
3. Harry Vardon
4. James Braid
5. James Braid
6. James Braid
7. James Braid
8. James Braid
9. James Braid
10. James Braid
11. James Braid
12. James Braid
13. Edward Ray
14. Edward Ray
15. George Duncan
16. George Duncan
17. J.H. Taylor
18. J.H. Taylor
19. John Ball
20. John Ball
21. C. Mayo
22. Arnaud Massy
23. H.H. Hilton
24. H.H. Hilton
25. J.H. Taylor
26. J.H. Taylor
27. J.H. Taylor
28. J.H. Taylor
29. J.H. Taylor
30. J.H. Taylor
31. James Braid
32. James Braid
33. James Braid
34. Harry Vardon
35. Harry Vardon
36. Harry Vardon
37. C. Mayo
38. Walter Travis
39. H.H. Hilton
40. J.H. Taylor
41. J.H. Taylor
42. J.H. Taylor
43. J.H. Taylor
44. J.H. Taylor
45. J.H. Taylor
46. James Braid
47. James Braid
48. E. Blackwell
49. Walter Travis
50. H.H. Hilton

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