I've been in touch with the OP, and Henry - you're spot on. In fact, this is my email correspondence with the OP from early this morning (in case anyone else has interest or comes across one of these PBs)...
"...to answer your questions, the pack - if correct - could have the possibility of a baseball card, and may have contained 2-5 (there were rumors of 5 once being found in a pack although there's no evidence to substantiate that). That said, I've never seen an unopened period-correct pack. Many people see the 1909 tax stamp and assume it's from 1909, but that's not the case. Also, sometimes you will see a bit of paper loss on the top of a tax stamp - that's a clear indication that someone was trying to erase the date of the overprint to pass the pack off as older.
About 30 years ago, there was a find of about 20 unopened Polar Bear packs from 1920-1925. The majority of the unopened packs in existence are from that find. That's not to say yours isn't correct - I just need to see the top to help you more."
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