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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Nifty Tobacco Card Stuff

I found this via For Love of the Cards. We all know what a T206 or an Allen & Ginter or a Turkey Red tobacco card looks like. The recent rash of retro sets have made sure of that even if you've never seen an original tobacco card in your life. Now how about the packs they came in? Ever seen one of those? A new website by Jon Canfield has a ton of photos of original cigarette packs that held the cards that we covet today. Think 1887 Gypsy Queen cards are rare? The boxes are far, far more rare. Some of the boxes look a whole lot better than the cards that were inside them. This kind of thing isn't for everyone, but it's a neat way to kill an hour looking at some obscure card history.

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