I don't have many baseball items that are not cards, but I happen to have this (likely) early 1930's Blue Ribbon Malt cartoon ad featuring Charlie Grimm of the Chicago Cubs by noted cartoonist Herbert Block. I have information indicating that these may have been mailed with the Blue Ribbon Malt Ribbon premiums, but haven't seen any verification of this, so who knows.
Malt Extract was something that could be legally manufactured and stocked on grocery shelves (and was used by folks brewing their own home brew) during Prohibition, so it is likely to be an ad from before the Prohibition's end in December of 1933.
Brian
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Reason: turned much into many, because why not?
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