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Posted By: davidcycleback

Of note, the guy who had the examples Ben posted said they belonged to his grandfather who was a traveling salesman in Texas in the early 1900s. Though he wasn't sure what his grandfather sold, we both assumed he must of hawked the Boston Garters. The way the grandfather/traveling salesman originally had them was with the cards attached to each other in panels. In fact, the above image shows two still attached to each other. Can't remember how many there were to a panel, perhaps four or five.

I have a decidedly varied selection of pages/sections on my website, from Harper's Woodcuts to fashion models, and the page showing the Boston Garter's is the most commonly linked to/commented on from outside websites. The page was once featured by a non-sport website in Israel. So, even to non collectors, there's something about the Boston Garters.