T-Cards (Tobacco)

Introduction

T220 Kid LavigneT-Cards represent American tobacco issues and are one of the most popular of the designations given by Jefferson Burdick in the American Card Catalog.

These were cards that were either packaged directly with tobacco products or issued separately by tobacco companies. Many boxing issues are American cards. However, a large group are from other parts of the world. Several were part of multi-sport issues from the United Kingdom.

Tobacco cards were popular (and at least one even led to a marriage) but they were also being blamed for causing all sorts of problems related to children collecting them. After a temporary ban on American tobacco cards in the late 1800s, they came back with a bang in the early 1900s.

Because the sport was popular, many boxing cards featuring actual boxers (instead of generic ones) exist. In addition, earlier boxing issues typically utilized color lithographs while many later cards from the 1930s featured real black and white photography. Both types of cards remain popular with collectors for different reasons.

Collectors should note that while many sets were dedicated entirely to boxers, because of the sport’s high level of popularity, it was often featured as part of multi-sport issues that included many sports.

Looking to learn more about collecting tobacco cards? Here’s an introduction of sorts that I wrote, which covers their history

Below is a list of pre-war boxing card sets and multi-sport sets where a boxing card can be found.

Sets

A&J Coudens Wrestling 1924
1924 A&J Coudens / Monax
Sports Alphabet
1939 African Tobacco World of Sport Boxing
1939 African Tobacco
World of Sport
aguilitas-basketball
1924-28 Aguilitas
1936 Alfa Jesse Owens
1936 Alfa Olympics
1936 Ardath Figures of Speech Boxing
1936 Ardath
Figures of Speech
Ardath Sports Champions Len Harvey Boxing
1935 Ardath State Express
Sports Champions
Joe Louis Boxing 1935-38 Ardath Photocards
1935-38 Ardath
Topical Interest Photocards
1933 BDV Who's Who in Australian Sport Wrestling
1933 BDV Who’s Who in
Australian Sport
1938 Bocnal Proverbs Boxing
1938 Bocnal Proverbs
Up-To-Date

1920s Bonzo Sets
Bravour Boxing
1933 Bravour-Bilder Sport
1906 British American Tobacco Danish Athletes Boxing
1905 British American Tobacco
Danish Athletes
1927 World of Sport Boxing
1927 British American Tobacco
World of Sport
1932-bulgaria-sport-tobacco-babe-ruth
1932 Bulgaria Sport-Photos
Jack Dempsey Burstein Isaacs 1923 Boxing
1923 Burstein, Isaacs / Empress
Famous Prize Fighters
1914 Carreras Black Cat Science of Boxing
1914 Carreras Black Cat Cigarettes
The Science of Boxing
1927 Carreras Nose Game Golf and Soccer
1927 Carreras The Nose Game
1935 Carreras Popular Personalities Soccer
1935 Carreras
Popular Personalities
Jack Johnson 1926 Casanova Boxing
1926 Casanova Cigarettes
Boxing Series
1922 Churchman Boxing
1922 Churchman Boxing
jack-johnson-churchman
1938 Churchman
Boxing Personalities
Churchman Men of the Moment Jack Dempsey Boxing
1928-29 Churchman
Men of the Moment
Max Schmeling Boxing 1931 Churchman Sporting Celebrities
1931 Churchman
Sporting Celebrities
1927 Churchman Sporting Trophies Golf
1927 Churchman
Sporting Trophies

Clay and Bock Film Scenes
1912 Cohen Weenen
1912 Cohen Weenen
1904 Cohen Weenen Military Phrases
1904 Cohen Weenen
Naval and Military Phrases
1905 Cohen Weenen Proverbs Boxing
1905 Cohen Weenen
Proverbs
1915 Cope's Boxers Boxing
1915 Cope’s Boxers
1935 Cope Boxing Lessons
1935 Cope’s Boxing Lessons
Cope Sports and Pastimes Boxing
1925 Cope’s
Sports and Pastimes
Deutscher Sport Boxing
1934/1935 Deutscher Sport
(Bulgaria, Jasmatzi, Josetti, Salem)
1933 Deutscher Sport Tennis
1933 Deutscher Sport
GEG Cigarettes
Max Schmeling 1928 Josetti Boxing
1927-32 Die Welt in Bildern
(Jasmatzi, Josetti, Manoli, Salem, Sulima)
T220 T223 Boxing Peter Jackson
1910 Dixie Queen
Prize Fighters (T223)
1932 Doble Aguila
1931/1932 Doble Aguila / 

E. Quintana
1936 Dubek Israel Sports Boxing
1936 Dubek Sports
Edwards Ringer Bigg Cinema Stars George Carpentier Small No. 43
1923 Edwards, Ringer, and Bigg
Cinema Stars
Ruth Josetti
1931 Film Stars
(Jasmatzi, Josetti, Sulima)
1924 Franklyn Davey Boxing
1924 Franklyn Davey’s
Boxing
Boxing 1924 Gallaher British Champions of 1923 Tennis
1924 Gallaher
British Champions of 1923
Gallaher Champions Top
1934-35 Gallaher Champions
1938 Gallaher Island Celebrities
1938 Gallaher
Island Sporting Celebrities
Kid Berg 1936 Gallaher Sporting Personalities Boxing
1936 Gallaher
Sporting Personalities
1912 Gallaher Sports Series Boxing
1912 Gallaher
Sports Series
Max Schmeling Garbaty
1934 Garbaty
Moderne Schonheitsgalerie
(Modern Beauty)
Kid Berg BDV Sports Boxing
1930s Godfrey Phillips
BDV Sports
1935 Godfrey Phillips In the Public Eye Boxing
1935 Godfrey Phillips
In the Public Eye
Jack Dempsey 1932 Godfrey Phillips Personalities of Today Boxing
1932 Godfrey Phillips
Personalities of Today
1929 Godfrey Sporting Champions Jack Dempsey Boxing
1929 Godfrey Phillips
Sporting Champions
1923 Godfrey Phillips Sports Boxing
1910 Godfrey Phillips
Sporting Series
1923 Godfrey Phillips Sports Boxing
1923 Godfrey Phillips
Sports
Fred Perry 1934 Godfrey Phillips Spot the Winner Tennis
1937 Godfrey Phillips
Spot the Winner
Greiling Boxing
1926-36 Greiling
1932 Haus Bergmann Sport-Karikaturen Hockey Gustav Jaenecke
1932 Haus Bergmann
Sport-Karikaturen

1935 Haus Bergmann
Variete und Zirkus
1927 Wills Homeland Events Golf at St. Andrews NO Bobby Jones
1927 Homeland Events
T100 Honest Silhouettes Boxing
1910 Honest Silhouettes (T100)
1927 Hudden Boxers Georges Carpentier Boxing
1927 Hudden
Famous Boxers
J.A. Pattreiouex Celebrities in Sport Boxing
1930 J.A. Pattreioux
Celebrities in Sport
Pattreiouex Sporting Events and Celebrities Joe Louis Boxing
1935 J.A. Pattreiouex
Sporting Celebrities
J.A. Pattreiouex Sporting Events and Stars Joe Louis Rookie Card Boxing
1935 J.A. Pattreiouex
Sporting Events and Stars
1931 J.A. Pattreioux Sporting Trophies Charlie Mitchell Belt Boxing
1931 J.A. Pattreioux
Sporting Trophies
1933 Jasmatzi Ramses Filmfotos Max Schmeling Boxing
1933 Jasmatzi Ramses-
Filmfotos

1927 James Illingworth
Comicartoons of Sport
1935 Josetti Bunten Filmbilder Max Schmeling Boxing
1935 Josetti Bunten
Filmbilder
T229 John L Sullivan
1910 Kopec Cigarettes
Sports Champions (T229)
Gene Tunney 1929 Godfrey Phillips Who's Who Boxing
1926 Lambert & Butler
Who’s Who in Sport
Lambert and Butler World of Sport
1927 Lambert & Butler
The World of Sport
1932 Lande Cigarettes
1932 Lande Cigarettes

1930s Lucky Strike
Bridge Favors (T14)
Drapkin Optical Illusion Boxing
1926 Major Drapkin
Optical Illusions
Jack Dempsey 1930 Major Drapkin Sporting Celebrities
1930 Major Drapkin
Sporting Celebrities

1928 Major Drapkin
Sporting Snap
1930 Milhoff In the Public Eye Boxing
1930 Milhoff De Reszke
In the Public Eye
1935 Mitchell's Gallery Jack Petermen Boxing
1935 Mitchell’s Cigarettes
Gallery of 1934
1936 Mitchell's Gallery Joe Louis Boxing
1936 Mitchell’s Cigarettes
Gallery of 1935
1930 Mitchell Old Sporting Prints Tom Cribb and Tom Molineaux Boxing Match
1930 Mitchell & Son
Old Sporting Prints
1907 Mitchell Sports Wrestling
1907 Mitchell’s Cigarettes
Sports
Mitchell Wonderful Century Boxing
1937 Mitchell & Son
Wonderful Century
1937 Monopol Max Schmeling Boxing
1937 Monopol Cigarettes
Movie Stars / Künstler im Film
1932 Monopol Sportphotos Boxing
1932 Monopol Sport Photos
T88 Cubs
1900s Mutt & Jeff (T88)
001
1923-24 Obsequio
Cigarros Nacionales
Susini
1915-16 Obsequio de Susini
(N230-3)
Ogden ABC of Sport Wrestling
1927 Ogden ABC of Sport
Joe Jeanette 1915 Ogden's Boxing
1915 Ogden Boxers
1924 W.T. Davies Boxing
1914 Ogden Boxing
1913 Ogden's Boy Scouts Wrestling
1911-14 Ogden Boy Scouts
1937 Ogden Champions Boxing
1937 Ogden
Champions of 1936
Ogden Guinea Gold Golf
1901 Ogden Guinea Gold
James Jeffries 1901 Ogden Tabs Boxing Rookie Card
1901 Ogden
Heroes of the Ring
1928 Ogden Marvels of Motion Boxing
1928 Ogden
Marvels of Motion
1909 Ogden Pugilists and Wrestlers Jack Johnson Boxing
1908-09 Ogden
Pugilists and Wrestlers
1928 Ogden's Pugilists in Action Boxing
1928 Ogden
Pugilists in Action
1901 Ogden Tabs John Sullivan Boxing
1901-02 Ogden Tabs
General Interest
Max Schmeling Orami Filmfotos Movie Cards 1932 Boxing
1931-32 Orami Movie Cards
/ Filmfotos
T229 John L Sullivan
1910 Pet Mouthpiece
Sports Champions (T224/T229)
Pet Cremer - Baseball (1936)
1936 Pet Cremer Olympia
c1925 Piccardo Plus Ultra Cigarrillos 1934 Player and Sons Boxing
1934 Player and Sons
Boxing
1932 Player and Sons Dandies Jim Corbett Boxing
1932 Player and Sons
Dandies
Jack Dempsey 1928 Player's Pugilists in Action Boxing
1928 Player and Sons
Pugilists in Action
1934 R&J Hill Boxing Sports Series
1934 R&J Hill Sports Series
1934 R&J Hill Celebrities in Sport Boxing
1939 R&J Hill
Celebrities of Sport
T226 Red Sun Jack Johnson Boxing
1910 Red Sun
Pugilistic Subjects (T226)
1932 Reemtsma Wrestling
1932 Reemtsma Olympia
Romeo y Julieta Boxing
1920s Romeo y Julieta
Romeo y Julieta La Ciencia del Boxeo
1923 Romeo y Julieta
La Ciencia del Boxeo
1929 Simonets Sporting Celebrities Helen Wills Tennis
1929 Simonets
Sporting Celebrities
1930 Singleton and Cole Famous Boxers Boxing
1930 Singleton and Cole
Famous Boxers
Sociedade Industrial Wrestling
1928 Sociedade Industrial
dos Tabacos de Angola
Jack Dempsey 1922-23 Sporting Champions boxing
1922-23 Sporting Champions
T218 Keyes Boxing
1910-12 T218 Champions
(Honest, Mecca, Tolstoi)
T219 James Jeffries Boxing
1910 T219 Champion Pugilists
(Honest, Miners, Red Cross)
T220 Kid Lavigne
1910 T220 Champion Athletes &
Prize Fighters

(Mecca, Tolstoi)
T225 James J Jeffries Boxing
1911 T225 Prize Fight Series
(Khedivial, Surbrug)
T227 Johnson Boxing
1912 T227 Champions
(Honest, Mecca)
1927 Hudden Boxers Georges Carpentier Boxing
1925 Teofani Magnums
Famous Boxers
Tiedemanns Boxing
1930s Tiedemanns
1925 Turf Boguslavsky Georges Carpentier Boxing
1925 Turf/Boguslavsky
Sports Records
1933 Carreras Turf Personalities Tennis
1933 Turf
Personality Series
1911 T9 Turkey Red Boxing
1911 Turkey Red
Boxing Cabinets (T9)
1935 United Services Interesting Personalities Boxing
1935 United Services
Interesting Personalities
1936 United Tobacco Boxing
1936 United Tobacco
Sports/Pastimes in South Africa
1935 United Tobacco Famous Boxers Joe Louis Rookie
1935 United Tobacco
World Famous Boxers
Vittoria Egyptian Cigarette Tennis Card
1932 Vittoria Egyptian
Cigarettes Sports Series
1924 W.T. Davies Boxing
1924 W.T. Davies Boxing
1935 Whitman Party Stunts Boxing
1935 Whitman Party Stunts
1924 W.T. Davies Boxing
1923 W. Williams Boxing
Wills British Sporting Personalities Boxing
1937 Wills
British Sporting Personalities
1911 Wills Scissors Boxers
1911 Wills
Green Star and Circle Boxers
Wills Homeland Events Golf
1932 Wills
Homeland Events
1911 Wills Scissors Boxers
1911 Wills Scissors Boxers
1911 Wills Scissors British Army Boxers Boxing
1913 Wills Scissors
British Army Boxers
Wills Sports of All Nations Boxing
1901 Wills
Sports of all Nations

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