[barrysloate]

So I'm sitting here rereading Henry Miller's Tropic of Capricorn, one of my favorite books, and I came upon the following passage, where Miller is reminiscing about his childhood:

"For most of us it smelled of sugar, of Cuban plantations, of the strange Cuban flag which had a star in the corner and which was always highly regarded by those who saved the little cards which were given away with Sweet Caporal cigarettes and on which there were represented either the flags of different nations or the leading soubrettes of the stage or the famous pugilists."

Miller was born in 1891, so we have to assume he is recalling a time well before T206 (he graduated Eastern District High School in Brooklyn in 1909). So are these circa 1900-05 sets he remembers? Are his memories accurate?