What were the first baseball cards packaged with chewing gum?

[Bosox Blair]

(If the answer to this is known and obvious, I apologize...this is off the top of my head.)

I was thinking about how baseball cards in the 20th century became so strongly linked to chewing gum - moreso than other products.

So what is known/believed to be the first baseball cards packaged with chewing gum (as opposed to candies, caramels, etc.)?

I'm thinking of Dockmans and Colgans, but I might well be overlooking earlier issues.

[Orioles1954]

1888 G&B Chewing Gum?

[Bosox Blair]

1888 G&B Chewing Gum?

Ahhhh - it seems that is the answer. I have just revealed my lack of knowledge of 19th century cards :o.

But thanks very much for filling me in on this!

Cheers,
Blair

[canjond]

1888 G&B Chewing Gum?

Do we actually know whether G&B packaged the cards with the gum? We know, for sure, that Colgans came in the can...

[Leon]

Do we actually know whether G&B packaged the cards with the gum? We know, for sure, that Colgans came in the can...

Their very small size makes me think they were distributed in some kind of gum package. I don't know of any definitive information on the subject. regards

[JEFFV96MASTERS]

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[E93]

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/7947/gbwelchsgc30.jpg (http://img69.imageshack.us/i/gbwelchsgc30.jpg/)

[terjung]

That card is jaw dropping, Jim!

[M's_Fan]

Awesome Welch! :eek:

So what was the first BALL card sold without ANYTHING?

[uffda51]

http://photos.imageevent.com/uffda51/1880ssepiaissues/E223%20GandB%20Richardson.jpeg%20

I don't have the gum that came with it.