Imagine pulling a Joe Doyle Nat'L card from a pack when you were a teenager. Or, your Dad's visit to Atlanta in 1910, in which he acquired a Ty Cobb/TY COBB card for you ?
One of the most unique T206 collections in the hobby is on display at the University of Georgia (Athens). Former Georgia Senator Richard Russell's collection of approx. 1000
tobacco cards were donated to Georgia U. in 1983 (along with Russell's historical papers).
Russell was an avid BB fan as a youngster. At the age of 13 (1910), he started smoking cigarettes (PIEDMONT was the available brand in his area of Georgia). He pulled 100's
of T206 cards from the packs he purchased as a teenager. His T206 set has 497 different cards. No Wagner or Plank in his collection. Not unusual, since these two T206's were
not marketed with PIEDMONT cigarettes (only SWEET CAPORAL else where).
His teenage smoking habit came to an abrupt end in the Fall of 1911 when his parents enrolled him into Gordon Military Institute. It's my impression that his BB card collecting
also ended at that point (judging from the few T205 cards in his collection).
For more info, you can check out this thread posted in 2008......
Senator Russell's collection incl. Joe Doyle error & Ty Cobb back
And, here's the link to an excellent website regarding Russell's collection......
http://baseballcards.galib.uga.edu/about/
Please do not misconstrue my intent here.....I'm not taking anything away from Larry Fritsch regarding his Joe Doyle N. Y. Nat'L find in the early 1980's.
I used to visit with Larry up in Cooperstown at his museum back in the 1980's. We were old friends.
TED Z
T206 Reference
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