[rootsearcher60]

Originally Posted by trdcrdkid

Collecting cards was as much of a mania in the late 1880s as it was in 1909. Here are a couple of threads I've posted with firsthand recollections by oldtimers of collecting back then.

From 1929:
https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=202129

From 1942-43:
https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=239836

Now those are some great recollections. Kind of gets me wondering, and I'm certain that there may be threads on the topic, but a dedicated thread about how people started collecting, and how they collected cards, would be cool.

Michael