‘It’s In The Details’ Title Little Rhody George Young (N537) Year 1890s Size 2″ x 3 1/2″ Images Sepia Type 19th Century Tobacco Number in Set Unknown 1890s Little Rhody George Young Set Overview This was another 19th Century set consisting mostly of actresses. But while Jefferson Burdick termed other sets as consisting of actresses, he did not for this
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Kimball Pretty Athletes (N196) Year 1889 Size 2 1/2″ x 3 3/4″ Images Color Type 19th Century Tobacco Number in Set 20 1890 Kimball Pretty Athletes Set Overview This was one of many lithographic tobacco card issues that featured women before 1900. Women were routinely the subjects of tobacco card inserts and sometimes, as is
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title N463/C190 Sports Girls Year circa 1890 Size 1 1/2″ x 2 5/8″ Images Color Type 19th Century Tobacco Number in Set 12 N463/C190 Sports Girls Overview This unique issue includes 12 cards featuring female football and cricket players. While the football cards can be considered rugby cards, as an American product after the invention of
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Lorillard’s Red Cross Tobacco Boxing Positions & Boxers (N266) Year 1893 Size 2 1/4″ x 4″ Images Color Type 19th Century Tobacco Number in Set 25 1893 Lorillard’s Red Cross Tobacco Boxing Positions & Boxers Overview These boxing cards were among the more unique ones of the 19th century. Interestingly, while this is undoubtedly a
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Hess Cigarettes Athletes and Celebrities (N332) Year 1889 Size 1 1/2″ x 2 11/16″ Images Sepia Type 19th Century Tobacco Number in Set 119 (?) 1889 Hess Cigarettes Athletes and Celebrities Overview In the late 1880s, Hess Cigarettes produced several tobacco card sets to help promote their products. While the baseball sets (N321, N333, and
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Sunny South Series (N157) Year c. 1888 Size 2 3/8″ x 4″ Images Sepia Type 19th Century Tobacco Number in Set 16 (?) 1888 Sunny South Series (N157) Overview These cards are similar to other 19th Century tobacco cards in their appearance. The subjects feature African Americans in various activities. The series is cataloged as
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The 1887 Buchner Gold Coin set (N284) includes many of the leading baseball players of the 19th century
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‘It’s In The Details’ Title N29 Allen & Ginter Year 1889 Size 1 1/2″ x 2 3/4″ Images Color Type 19th Century Tobacco Number in Set 50 N29 Allen & Ginter Overview The 1889 N29 Allen & Ginter set followed the company’s popular N28 release from the previous year. As was the case in the first set, a variety of sports
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‘It’s In The Details’ Title N86 Duke’s Cigarettes Perilous Occupations Year 1888 Size 1 1/2″ x 2 3/4″ Images Color Type 19th Century Tobacco Number in Set 50 N86 Duke’s Cigarettes Perilous Occupations Overview The 1888 N86 Duke’s Perilous Occupations set is a set that featured cards with pictures of difficult occupations. The issue is a mostly non-sports set but does
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Spaulding & Merrick (N384 / N386) Year 1889 Size 1 3/4″ x 2 7/8″ Images Sepia Type 19th Century Tobacco Number in Set 24 1889 Spaulding & Merrick Set Overview One of the biggest mysteries among pre-war boxing cards is found in the Spaulding and Merrick series. Jefferson Burdick cataloged three separate Spaulding & Merrick
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Yum Yum Tobacco / August Beck & Company Year 1893 Size Unknown Images Brown Ink Type 19th Century Number in Set Unknown 1893 Yum Yum Tobacco / August Beck (N398) Overview The 1893 Yum Yum Tobacco / August Beck set is extremely rare. These were likely issued in packages of Yum Yum Tobacco products. The
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Duke Snapshots from Puck (N128) Year 1888 Size 2 1/2″ x 3 1/4″ Images Color Type 19th Century Tobacco Number in Set 25 1888 Duke Snapshots from Puck Set Overview This 25-card lithographic set was titled ‘Snapshots from Puck’ and was issued by Duke Tobacco around 1888. The cards were packaged inside of Duke’s Honest
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