1932 Bulgaria Sport Photos Album

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The 1932 Bulgaria Sport-Photos set consists 272 cards from a variety of international sports including boxing, golf, field hockey, and ice hockey. Produced by the Dresden, Germany tobacco company, Bulgaria Zigaretten, these unique tobacco cards feature black-and-white photos of its subject with a neat, white frame. Card backs feature a block of test in German. The set is anchored by Max Schmeling/Babe Ruth (#256), which captures a suit-clad Schmeling beside Babe Ruth in the gray flannels of his away uniform. (This is the only depiction of Ruth … or any American ballplayer … in the entire set). The set is also anchored by Walter Hagen (#219).

The album also contains a picture of a demonstration of American football at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The football game at the 1932 Summer Olympics, combined with a similar demonstration game at 1933 World's Fair, led to the College All-Star Game which was an important factor in the growth of professional football in the United States.