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Troy KirkThanks to all who have shared on this thread, this is a very interesting subject. Thanks especially to Brian for the spreadsheet, that information is very interesting.
It is interesting to me to see what is offered on the ads.
2 Pictures of Famous Players
2 Pictures of Celebrated Baseball Players
Baseball Pictures and a Valuable Coupon
2 Pictures of Distinguished Baseball Players
2 Pictures of Southern League Players
I can add:
2 Pictures of Texas League Players
Here is an Old Mill ad I got from a Texas newspaper. Unfortunately I can't find the date or newspaper it was from, but I think I have the information somewhere. If I find it, I'll post later.
It is interesting to speculate that cigarette packs from certain southern areas were specially seeded with players from those areas, such as Southern League players and Texas League players. With the Old Mill packs, it makes me wonder if those cards in the packs were T206 or T210, even though the pictures in the ads seem to indicate they were T206.
As Brian mentioned, there were a lot of Old Mill ads. I have seen at least 18 different Old Mill ad designs with baseball cards showing. Here is a list of some of these:
The News - Frederick, MD - March 10, 1910
The Atlanta Constitution - March 9, 1910
The Atlanta Constitution - March 16, 1910
The Atlanta Constitution - March 26, 1910
The Atlanta Constitution - March 30, 1910
The Atlanta Constitution - April 2, 1910
The Atlanta Constitution - April 6, 1910
The Atlanta Constitution - April 9, 1910
The Atlanta Constitution - April 16, 1910
The Atlanta Constitution - April 20, 1910
The Atlanta Constitution - April 27, 1910
The Atlanta Constitution - April 30, 1910
The Atlanta Constitution - May 4, 1910
The Atlanta Constitution - May 18, 1910
The Atlanta Constitution - May 21, 1910
The Atlanta Constitution - May 28, 1910
The Atlanta Constitution - June 1, 1910
All of the ads above show different designs though they all show the same baseball cards sticking out of the Old Mill pack. The Texas League ad I showed has the same ad design as the Atlanta Constitution ad of March 9, except the Atlanta Constitution ad says "Baseball pictures and a valuable coupon in each package" instead of "Texas League baseball pictures."
If anyone else has more of these ads, this is an interesting topic to me.