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Seanhere is my explanation
E104 cards are broken down into 3 different sets. All E104 cards are very hard to find. The empty spaces in the checklists indicates that a card is not known (at least to me) of that player/back combination. Even though 2 of the sets consists of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh players it should be noted that Nadja was a company based in St. Louis, Missouri.
Since ALL E104 cards are very hard to find it is difficult to easily say set 1, 2 or 3 is any harder to find. If you have any card not listed above please share it with your fellow collectors and send me a scan. I'd be glad to include it. Send to: petecld@earthlink.net
E104.1 - This set of 18 cards consists of all Philadelphia Athletics players. They are all portraits and can be found with a "World's Champions 1910" tag line written over their heads along with an elephant logo on the chest. Each player may exist with a blank back or with a back that has a Nadja Caramel ad.
These card would have been issued very late in the year 1910 or in 1911.
Since no cards have been found with the "World's Champions 1910" line AND a Nadja back it is a possibility that these cards with the tag line were only distributed in the Philadelphia area. Why would a St. Louis company make a special effort to advertise for the Philadelphia team? This could also explain why when E104s are found, they are found with a blank back, signaling that their distribution was wider. This is pure speculation.
Blank Backs
With tag line Blank Backs
Without tag line Nadja Back
With tag line Nadja Back
Without tag line
Baker, Athletics
Baker, Athletics
Barry, Athletics
Barry, Athletics
Bender, Athletics
Bender, Athletics
Collins, Athletics
Collins, Athletics
Davis, Athletics
Davis, Athletics
Dygert, Athletics
Dygert, Athletics
Dygert, Athletics
Hartsel, Athletics
Hartsel, Athletics
Hartsel, Athletics
Krause, Athletics
Krause, Athletics
Lapp, Athletics
Lapp, Athletics
Livingstone, Athletics
Livingstone, Athletics
Lord, Athletics
Lord, Athletics
Mack, Athletics
Mack, Athletics
Mack, Athletics
Morgan, Athletics
Morgan, Athletics
Morgan, Athletics
Murphy, Athletics
Murphy, Athletics
Oldring, Athletics
Oldring, Athletics
Plank, Athletics
Plank, Athletics
Plank, Athletics
Strunk, Athletics
Strunk, Athletics
Thomas, Athletics
Thomas, Athletics
E104.2 - This set of 11 cards consists of all Pittsburgh Pirates players from the 1909 season. They are all portraits and are the same poses used in the E90-2 American Caramels set. They can be found with backs that are blank or with a Nadja Caramels ad.
Blank Backs Nadja Back
Adams, Pittsburgh
Adams, Pittsburgh
Clarke, Pittsburgh
Gibson, Pittsburgh
Gibson, Pittsburgh
Hyatt, Pittsburgh
Hyatt, Pittsburgh
Leach, Pittsburgh
Leever, Pittsburgh
Maddox, Pittsburgh
Miller, Pittsburgh
Phillippi, Pittsburgh
Wagner, Pittsburgh
Wagner, Pittsburgh
Wilson, Pittsburgh
Wilson, Pittsburgh
E104.3 - So far, 31 cards are known in this set. As with the other E104 sets, they come with a black back or with a Nadja Caramels ad.
The Chase card is a discovery made in 2001 by collector Andy Cook
The Wiltse card is a discovery made in 2003 by myself at the Atlantic City National
The Devlin card is a 2004 discovery made by Dan McKee.
The Doolancard is a discovery brought to light by collector Andy Cook
Blank Backs Nadja Back
Abstein, St. Louis
Ames, New York
Bates, Philadelphia
Bransfield, Philadelphia
Bransfield, Philadelphia
Bridwell, New York
Brdiwell, New York
Chase, New York
Crandell, New York
Crawford, Detroit
Delahanty, Detroit
Devlin, New York
Doolan, Philadelphia
Doyle, New York
Grant, Philadelphia
Grant, Philadelphia
Jacklitsch, Philadelphia
Jennings, Detroit
Jones, D., Detroit
Jones, T., Detroit
Knabe, Philadelphia
Knabe, Philadelphia
McGraw, New York
McIntyre, Detroit
Moore, Philadelphia
Moran, Philadelphia
Moriarity, Detroit
Mullin, Detroit
Murray, Detroit
Nicholls, Cleveland
O' Leary, Detroit
Schlei, New York
Schlei, New York
Schmidt, Detroit
Seymore, Philadelphia
Seymore, Philadelphia
Sparks, Philadelphia
Summers, Detroit
Willetts, Detroit
Willetts, Detroit
Willis, Detroit
Wiltse, New York