T-Cards (Tobacco)
Introduction
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 |
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