Colgan’s Chips

[FrankWakefield]

Rhett, I didn't know you were involved with that Colgan's project. It's a great accomplishment. Thank you.

I have that listing as a horizontal pdf and will send it out to folks who want it, IF they are patient, and if they email me about it at yeswakefield@gmail.com. I struggle with email, and am a defeated victim when it comes to the Notifications / private messages.

VIOLET chips was the flavor... Violet and Mint. A pharmacist in Louisville, KY heard that the L&N railroad and two boxcars full of south american chicle that someone ordered but couldn't pay for. The pharmacist bought it, then looked for uses.... he hit upon flavored gum. The tins held several flavored discs made with chicle, flavoring and other stuff. The card selection is heavy toward players that were currently with Louisville, or had been. Colgan's were the first gum cards so I was told. Violet may have been a popular flavor 115 years ago.... but I doubt that they would have liked sour gummy worms (or whatever it was that my kids used to eat).

[ValKehl]

Frank, thanks for this interesting info. However, the Colgan's are not the first gum cards. That honor goes to the 1888 E223 G&B Gum cards.