Posted By:
Hal LewisI have already done the research, so I know that the Eliott Street address matches where Henry Reccius lived in Louisville in the 1890's.
LOOK CLOSELY at my card:
As Scott points out... the card refers to Honus as "HANS" Wagner, which is what he was called EARLY ON in his career.
SO... the NAME of the cigars is DIFFERENT...
the PRICE of the cigars is DIFFERENT...
and there is NO mention anywhere on the 1919 cigar box of HENRY RECCIUS, who is mentioned PROMINENTLY on my card.
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Maybe Reccius changed his marketing over the years and removed his name from everything and changed "Hans" to "Honus" by 1919...
or maybe the box was just a knock-off that someone else made later.