T206 Collecting in 1909

[chriskim]

Great story worth to re-visit every now and then! Thx for sharing! Wouldn't that be nice if newspapers back in the old dates have pictures or there are short video clips of how those kids fought for those "baseball men" cards?

I also wonder how those Piedmont shipments being packaged. One drug store could sold over 3000 cigarettes, that's $15 sale in one night!! I assume those are 10ct pack which means they sold 300 cigarette packs. If those cartons look like this (https://memorylaneinc.com/site/bids/...e?itemid=54383) which contain dozen packs in a carton, that's 25 cartons in total.

I also wonder they meant 3000 cigarettes or 3000 cigarette packs.

[chriskim]

Oh wait, I think I have seen 20 packs carton too. I guess my math is off. Would have been nice if they have pictures of those cartons and cigarette packs!

[tkd]

Seems like the Wagner worked well as a chase card. Especially after reading this. I wonder if news broke in 1909 when this was written that the Wagner would no longer be made or if they kept people chasing?