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Old 06-16-2012, 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by terjung View Post
Would you consider Cobb / Cobb to be a trade card?
I guess, in theory, it could be viewed as a trade card, but i consider it a baseball card that took the place of the traditional trade card and served the same advertising purpose.

It is a good example of what i mean by the advertising mediums seemed to have changed from trade cards in the 1890's to others, such as postcards and, in this case, traditional baseball cards.
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