American Caramel E125 distribution?

[gnaz01]

Looking at the back of an e125 James Jeffries, it may tell a story of how the baseball players were distributed as well.

[terjung]

Looks like the E125 Wagner throwing on that ad.
Very cool piece!

[Bridwell]

This part of the page was cool also. Sorry I missed the BIN too.

[Matthew H]

Hi Ron, do you know what those are?

[rhettyeakley]

100% that is an image of the E90-1 Eddie Grant card on that "Educational Caramel" ad. I think it was an ad for various American Caramel sets as you can see the boxer in the bottom of the box as well as a battleship (a la the E3 set).

Edited to add: That kinda looks like the E90-1 Cobb in lower right of the box as well.

[Bridwell]

Good eye on the Eddie Grant! I thought it looked familiar but couldn't place it.

The upper left corner 2nd from left card reminds me of the E91 set. This box was an odd collection of different E sets, apparently. That's interesting to me. Could multiple sets of Caramel cards have been sold out of the same retail box? If that's correct, and it's not just an artists rendering, than it says something about how E sets were packaged and distributed.

[gnaz01]

Originally Posted by terjung

Looks like the E125 Wagner throwing on that ad.
Very cool piece!

It is Honus, Brian.

[Matthew H]

Yes, good eye Rhett. It looks like the card was wrapped so that kids could see what they were getting. Same with E125, it looks like they could just pick one. Other caramel sets were distributed that way too, E98, star player, zeenuts, all the box cutouts, I think that's interesting. Definitely a far cry from today's chase cards.