name recognition in Georgia would have been enough I would think, that and the fact that one ad makes you think Cobb himself approved this "finest tobacco" product. If it were being marketed in other states or nationwide they may have used such an ad promoting a card. I don't think we can ever get inside the heads of the people who thought up this brand and the card itself. We can only use period advertising and the psychology of the times to make a guess as to what was going on.
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