Mecca Cigarettes Base Ball Folder Series: Tris Speaker and Earl Gardner – Antique Wall Art
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This rare historic image captures Mecca Cigarettes Base Ball Folder Series: Tris Speaker and Earl Gardner in remarkable detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Mecca Cigarettes Base Ball Folder Series: Tris Speaker and Earl Gardner
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This folder card pairs Boston outfielder Tris Speaker with Earl Gardner on a single piece of stiff cardboard, a format that tobacco makers used to pack more players into their cigarette premiums. Speaker, who played for the Boston Americans and later the Red Sox in the 1910s, was one of the era's best center fielders and a star attraction for the local crowds. Cards like this one were tucked into packs to encourage buying, and they now give a sense of how the sport was marketed to fans in the early twentieth century.
| Original scan | 1,405 × 3,000 px · prints to 5 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 7b |
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