Pre-War Cards

While auto racing is popular now, it took a while for it to become popular in the pre-war era, mostly because automobiles were just starting to be widely used.

But there are auto racing cards in the pre-war era, starting around 1900. The most popular of the pre-war auto racing sets is the T36 Auto Drivers release, issued by the American Tobacco Company.

It should be noted that auto racing sets are not always easy to define. While some cards do depict actual race car drivers, others have only generic subjects, making it sometimes difficult to discern between an auto racing card and merely someone driving a car.

Below are known sets focusing only on auto racing or other ‘speed’ related sets where auto racing had a major presence.

Sets

1935 Ardath Speed Land, Sea, and Air	1911 Auto-Drivers (T36)	1908 Garfield’s Tea Syrup New York-Paris Auto Race Trade Cards
1910 Turkey Red Automobile Series (T37)	1930 Wills Speed	1938 Wills Speed

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