1913 Derby Cigars origins

[Hal Kaplan]

Hello,

I have been reading this board for about 10 years and have rarely posted, but I found something recently which I thought I'd share. I'm sorry if this belongs in the memorabilia forum, but I thought there would be interest here since there have been threads on these before. Leon, if this has already been mentioned on this forum, please feel free to delete this thread. It is a 1913 Philadelphia Athletics World Series program (not mine) which is in the Hall of Fame's collection. I have the 2013 HOF wall calendar and it is in the October photo collage with other 1913 World Series memorabilia, probably for the 100th anniversary of this Series. The "Derby Cigars" cards were apparently cut from the cover of these programs. Presumably a matching Giants version was also made, with "National League Champions" at the bottom. The Athletics have a letter "A" in a circle at the lower right corner of each "card", and the Giants have a "G". The arrangement of the players matches the 2-card panels that Leon once posted. Bender and Oldring are hidden behind some other programs in the picture. I don't know if these programs have any connection to Derby Cigars. If anyone on the board is interested in these and has a connection at the HOF, perhaps they can find out more. This is the first time I've posted a photo and I don't know how to rotate it, if anyone does please help! Thanks for many years of hobby enjoyment and many more to come.