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Title	Milhoff / De Reszke Famous Golfers
Year	1928
Size	1 3/8″ x 2 5/8″
Images	Black and White
Type	Tobacco
Number in Set	50

1928 Millhoff / De Reszke Famous Golfers Overview

This set included 27 cards picturing famous golfers, as indicated by the title. The cards were distributed by J. Millhoff & Company, Ltd. (a tobacco company based in London) inside of their packages of De Reszke cigarettes. Backs of the cards called that product ‘The Aristocrat of Cigarettes.’

Cards pictured a black and white image of a particular golfer on the front along with his name. The backs included a biography of the subject as well as a card number. Backs also mentioned that they were part of a series of 27 real photographs.

Keys to the set include cards featuring Hall of Famers Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen.

1928 Millhoff / De Reszke Famous Golfers Checklist

1. Aubrey Boomer
2. Walter Hagen
3. E. Holderness
4. Roger Wethered
5. Harry Vardon
6. C.A. Whitcombe
7. Alex Herd
8. Abe Mitchell
9. C. J. H. Tolley
10. Jesse Sweetser
11. Diana Esmond
12. Mrs. Guedalla
13. Joyce Wethered
14. George Duncan
15. Dorothy Pearson
16. Edward Ray
17. George Gadd
18. A.G. Havers
19. Doris Chambers
20. Bobby Jones
21. Henry Cotton
22. Mrs. Macbeth
23. Cecil Leitch
24. Tommy Armour
25. W. Tweddell
26. Robert Harris
27. Ernest Whitcombe

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