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Posted By: barrysloate

I think everyone is making too big of a deal regarding whether Peck & Snyder's should be called trade cards or baseball cards. I think we can live with the two terms being practically interchangeable. The issue has characteristics of both- advertising for an emporium and the ability for the general public to collect them as a set. Weren't Bowmans printed with ads to sell Blony gum and Topps to sell their chewing gum? And these are baseball cards by anyone's definition, even though they were issued specifically to sell a different product. I think the terms "baseball card" and "trade card" have morphed over the years based on the different ways these artifacts are now collected.