1912 Trade Publication with "Base Ball Bats" Candy ad + Colgan's Chips Ty Cobb
 

Just wanted to share some ads I discovered in a May 1912 Trade Publication. Not sure if it was known who the manufacturer was on "Base Ball Bats", or that the year of issue was 1912. Here's the link to the set on Old Cardboard, enjoy!

http://www.oldcardboard.com/e/e2/bb-...?cardsetID=781

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BaseBall Bats box
 

Hi Jeff
Not sure we have seen a complete Baseball Bats box. That is really neat. Thanks for sharing...

That is a great ad. Notice how the product was put together to look like a cigarette pack. The candy is shaped like cigarettes and the box conforms to other tobacco packs of the day. It gave the kids a chance to at least feel like an adult.

Good observation Barry - get 'em hooked early.

Baseball Bats
 

Great find! Now we know the manufacturer of the candy as well as what type of candy the Baseball Bats came with. I wonder if any of the backs of existing cards suffered licorice stains...I will have to check my example, perhaps even lick it if need be.

Once again another bit of the cardboard puzzle solved courtesy of Net54 members...thanks Jeff.

Brian

Kudos
 

If nothing else thought I would put this back on top...anytime that a manufacturer and date of issue of a previously unclassified issue that little has been known about is discovered, it should be big news in our little nook in the hobby. And heck we even know the price of the item, and have a depiction of the box that these cards were cut out of. Once again, great job Jeff.

Brian

3 types of boxes?
 

I agree Brian- This is actually fairly big news. I hope Bob L and Lyman will capture this information on/in their respective venues. Also, it shows what I believe to be the gray background with white borders type card/box. I am guessing there were 3 types of boxes per the cards we generally see.. regards

That is an incredible find...amazing all these discoveries being made in the last decade.

An original ad in a 1912 or 1913 Louisville Colonels program that I have...........


https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_4...olgansad_6.jpg


p.s. FANTASTIC Baseball Bats Ad................

Duche-Greaves located @ 230 Orient Avenue in Druggists Directory
1915........$275,000 capital stock outstanding, $275.00 tax assessed........

With Google digitization of more publications and the Paper of Record available for free to SABR members (http://www.sabr.org, hint hint), there will no doubt be more discoveries such as this in the card and memorabilia field.

Great find.

I wonder if the licorice was shaped like a bat?

very cool find
 

Wow. This is amazing. Thanks for sharing.

Very cool stuff. Ditto here on the thanks for posting it.

Wow - that is really amazing. For some reason, I never even considered that the size of the card was about the same as the size of the box. I always thought it would be a larger box - like cereal-sized or something like that.

J

1912
 

very important contribution to the field.
many,many thanks for the efforts and the sharing.
all the best,
barry