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Nothing really new here but an interesting added tidbit to the Wagner T206 story. I was researching a scorebook that I have that is attributed to John Gruber, Pittsburgh's longtime team scorekeeper in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Gruber apparently played a part in the history of Wagner's tobacco card:

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette -

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From the book "The Pittsburgh Pirates" -

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FWIW, I also learned something about the provenance of these scorebooks (I had 3 at one time, 1895, 1908 & 1913-14 but only have the 1895 now):

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette talking about Gruber's great granddaughters -

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Rob M