As far as I know, the American Tobacco company owned all the brands, and had a monopoly until 1911 (when broken up in an antitrust action).
Also, not every pack had a baseball card. You could also get a bird or a flag or an actress or something. Certain packs did, and some experts here can say which. Some packs had no cards at all. It was all a promo to get people to buy more cigarettes.
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