T-Cards (Tobacco)

Introduction

T220 Kid Lavigne T-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

1924 A&J Coudens / Monax Sports Alphabet	1939 African Tobacco World of Sport	1924-28 Aguilitas
1936 Alfa Olympics	1936 Ardath Figures of Speech	1935 Ardath State Express Sports Champions
1935-38 Ardath Topical Interest Photocards	1933 BDV Who’s Who in Australian Sport	1938 Bocnal Proverbs Up-To-Date
1920s Bonzo Sets	1933 Bravour-Bilder Sport	1905 British American Tobacco Danish Athletes
1927 British American Tobacco World of Sport	1932 Bulgaria Sport-Photos	1923 Burstein, Isaacs / Empress Famous Prize Fighters
1914 Carreras Black Cat Cigarettes The Science of Boxing	1927 Carreras The Nose Game	1935 Carreras Popular Personalities
1926 Casanova Cigarettes Boxing Series	1922 Churchman Boxing	1938 Churchman Boxing Personalities
1928-29 Churchman Men of the Moment	1931 Churchman Sporting Celebrities	1927 Churchman Sporting Trophies
Clay and Bock Film Scenes	1912 Cohen Weenen	1904 Cohen Weenen Naval and Military Phrases
1905 Cohen Weenen Proverbs	1915 Cope’s Boxers	1935 Cope’s Boxing Lessons
1925 Cope’s Sports and Pastimes	1934/1935 Deutscher Sport (Bulgaria, Jasmatzi, Josetti, Salem)	1933 Deutscher Sport GEG Cigarettes
1927-32 Die Welt in Bildern (Jasmatzi, Josetti, Manoli, Salem, Sulima)	1910 Dixie Queen Prize Fighters (T223)	1931/1932 Doble Aguila / E. Quintana
1936 Dubek Sports	1923 Edwards, Ringer, and Bigg Cinema Stars	1931 Film Stars (Jasmatzi, Josetti, Sulima)
1924 Franklyn Davey’s Boxing	1924 Gallaher British Champions of 1923	1934-35 Gallaher Champions
1938 Gallaher Island Sporting Celebrities	1936 Gallaher Sporting Personalities	1912 Gallaher Sports Series
1934 Garbaty Moderne Schonheitsgalerie (Modern Beauty)	1930s Godfrey Phillips BDV Sports	1935 Godfrey Phillips In the Public Eye
1932 Godfrey Phillips Personalities of Today	1929 Godfrey Phillips Sporting Champions	1910 Godfrey Phillips Sporting Series
1923 Godfrey Phillips Sports	1937 Godfrey Phillips Spot the Winner	1926-36 Greiling
1932 Haus Bergmann Sport-Karikaturen	1935 Haus Bergmann Variete und Zirkus	1927 Homeland Events
1910 Honest Silhouettes (T100)	1927 Hudden Famous Boxers	1930 J.A. Pattreioux Celebrities in Sport
1935 J.A. Pattreiouex Sporting Celebrities	1935 J.A. Pattreiouex Sporting Events and Stars	1931 J.A. Pattreioux Sporting Trophies
1933 Jasmatzi Ramses- Filmfotos	1927 James Illingworth Comicartoons of Sport	1935 Josetti Bunten Filmbilder
1910 Kopec Cigarettes Sports Champions (T229)	1926 Lambert & Butler Who’s Who in Sport	1927 Lambert & Butler The World of Sport
1932 Lande Cigarettes	1930s Lucky Strike Bridge Favors (T14)	1926 Major Drapkin Optical Illusions
1930 Major Drapkin Sporting Celebrities	1928 Major Drapkin Sporting Snap	1930 Milhoff De Reszke In the Public Eye
1935 Mitchell’s Cigarettes Gallery of 1934	1936 Mitchell’s Cigarettes Gallery of 1935	1930 Mitchell & Son Old Sporting Prints
1907 Mitchell’s Cigarettes Sports	1937 Mitchell & Son Wonderful Century	1937 Monopol Cigarettes Movie Stars / Künstler im Film
1932 Monopol Sport Photos	1900s Mutt & Jeff (T88)	1923-24 Obsequio Cigarros Nacionales
1915-16 Obsequio de Susini (N230-3)	1927 Ogden ABC of Sport	1915 Ogden Boxers
1914 Ogden Boxing	1911-14 Ogden Boy Scouts	1937 Ogden Champions of 1936
1901 Ogden Guinea Gold	1901 Ogden Heroes of the Ring	1928 Ogden Marvels of Motion
1908-09 Ogden Pugilists and Wrestlers	1928 Ogden Pugilists in Action	1901-02 Ogden Tabs General Interest
1931-32 Orami Movie Cards / Filmfotos	1910 Pet Mouthpiece Sports Champions (T224/T229)	1936 Pet Cremer Olympia
c1925 Piccardo Plus Ultra Cigarrillos	1934 Player and Sons Boxing	1932 Player and Sons Dandies
1928 Player and Sons Pugilists in Action	1934 R&J Hill Sports Series	1939 R&J Hill Celebrities of Sport
1910 Red Sun Pugilistic Subjects (T226)	1932 Reemtsma Olympia	1920s Romeo y Julieta
1923 Romeo y Julieta La Ciencia del Boxeo	1929 Simonets Sporting Celebrities	1930 Singleton and Cole Famous Boxers
1928 Sociedade Industrial dos Tabacos de Angola	1922-23 Sporting Champions	1910-12 T218 Champions (Honest, Mecca, Tolstoi)
1910 T219 Champion Pugilists (Honest, Miners, Red Cross)	1910 T220 Champion Athletes & Prize Fighters (Mecca, Tolstoi)	1911 T225 Prize Fight Series (Khedivial, Surbrug)
1912 T227 Champions (Honest, Mecca)	1925 Teofani Magnums Famous Boxers	1930s Tiedemanns
1925 Turf/Boguslavsky Sports Records	1933 Turf Personality Series	1911 Turkey Red Boxing Cabinets (T9)
1935 United Services Interesting Personalities	1936 United Tobacco Sports/Pastimes in South Africa	1935 United Tobacco World Famous Boxers
1932 Vittoria Egyptian Cigarettes Sports Series	1924 W.T. Davies Boxing	1935 Whitman Party Stunts
1923 W. Williams Boxing	1937 Wills British Sporting Personalities	1911 Wills Green Star and Circle Boxers
1932 Wills Homeland Events	1911 Wills Scissors Boxers	1913 Wills Scissors British Army Boxers
1901 Wills Sports of all Nations