Black Jack Gum?

[jobermeyer2]

I'm reviewing a baseball (not baseball card...) related book for a journal, and in discussing the business of baseball the author includes a brief discussion of baseball cards. He writes that the "earliest" baseball cards were produced by Black Jack Gum in the 1870s.

Now, I've been collecting since the 80s, and I've never heard of anything by Black Jack Gum, certainly not from that early period. Is anyone aware of any baseball related issues by Black Jack, either "sets" or one-off products? I want to make sure I do my due diligence before including something in my review (there are other card related errors as well).

Thanks,

Jeff

[jcmtiger]

The only Black Jack gum I remember was from the 1940's, 1950's era. No baseball cards with them though.

Joe

[FUBAR]

according to the bible (SCBC) it looks like 1886 is the earliest listed, and there was 3 or 4 small series....

[FUBAR]

little history i found about gum

Invention: chewing gum

Function: noun / the first brand name was Adams New York No. 1

Definition: A sweetened and flavored preparation for chewing, usually made of chicle. Continusily manufactured since 1848, The first flavored gum was called Black Jack

Patent: Patent # 111,798 (US) issued February 14, 1871

[jobermeyer2]

Jim - I have to admit, I haven't bought a new Standard Catalog since 2004, and I didn't see anything about Black Jack in there.

Jeff

[FUBAR]

sorry, i wasnt being very clear with my original post..

the original cards listed in the standard catalog, WERE NOT black jack, they never had any cards listed.

the earliest cards listed were 1886, 3 or 4 series, nothing to do with gum of any type.... one was old judge, couple others, local team sets...

I repeat no black jack gum cards... my bad...


Sounded good in my head when i originally typed it, when i re-read it, looks like i made myself look pretty silly! oh well, least i am good at something!