Edward V. Cicotte baseball card back, Sweet Caporal cigarettes – Vintage Print
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Edward V. Cicotte baseball card back, Sweet Caporal cigarettes. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Edward V. Cicotte baseball card back, Sweet Caporal cigarettes
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Before he became the best-known pitcher caught up in the 1919 Black Sox scandal, Eddie Cicotte was a young right-hander with the Boston Red Sox, and this card belongs to that period. Its back carries advertising for Sweet Caporal cigarettes, one of several tobacco brands that tucked player cards into their packs in the early 1900s to encourage buying and collecting. Cards like this were printed in large runs, and they show how ballplayers were marketed before modern trading cards. Cicotte moved to the Chicago White Sox in 1912, and his career ended in disgrace after the 1919 World Series.
| Original scan | 1,736 × 3,000 px · prints to 6 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 1b |
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