The first Wagner?

[Pat R]

August 13 1909 The Atlanta Journal

Wagner T206 The_Atlanta_Journal_Fri__Aug_13__1909_.jpg

[ullmandds]

How cool!!! $2 for a cobb…crazy!!

[atx840]

Very cool Pat, some fun articles out there. Aug 17, 1909

[GasHouseGang]

They mentioned that the boys used to collect tobacco tags before the baseball cards were introduced. I had never heard of this area of collecting. Apparently, they were first introduced in the United States in the mid-1800s. They were small metal discs used to label and seal tobacco tins from the mid-to-late 19th and early 20th centuries. Here's a picture. I guess I just learned something new about something old.

[Gary Dunaier]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

They mentioned that the boys used to collect tobacco tags before the baseball cards were introduced. I had never heard of this area of collecting. Apparently, they were first introduced in the United States in the mid-1800s. They were small metal discs used to label and seal tobacco tins from the mid-to-late 19th and early 20th centuries. Here's a picture. I guess I just learned something new about something old.

Everything old is new again...

[Rhotchkiss]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

How cool!!! $2 for a cobb…crazy!!

And fifty Cobbs for a Wagner, meaning a Wagner was $100; although the offer was apparently turned down and likely a smart move because today a Wagner is worth well more than 50 Cobbs, even the green ones.

[JollyElm]

Just when you had the impression that people didn't know or care about the dangers of tobacco long ago, you have this...

“Is any concern selling these coffin-tacks warranted in making this tempting bait to the children?”

[gabrinus]

Cool thread guys...Jerry

[brianp-beme]

That is so cool that Wagner is identified as being a tough card, and the article even has a cartoon celebrating this. Nice digging job Pat!

Brian