Can anybody help re old magazines with baseball ad content?

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Posted By: Chuck

I found an antique store with tons of old magazines...... it's about 3 hours away but am thinking of going back in the near future.

I've seen and have a couple of pieces but am not sure what mags they came from.

If one was to search thru old mags from 1900-1930's what would be the most likely titles for that kind of content? I'm thinking Ladies' Home Journal would not be on the top of the list.

TIA,

Chuck

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Posted By: jay behrens

Life is the obvious choice as they often had players like Williams and DiMaggio on the cover.

Jay

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Posted By: Jason Mishelow

You might be surprised wre you will find content- I think its actually an older issue- 1890's- but there is a ladies home journal with an article intended to teach woman about the game. Look out for outing magazine, early Colliers and Leslies as these often had baseball content. There were also some early science Mags with articles about the curve ball. You may also want to invest in Baseball-A Comprehensive Bibliography by Myron Smith as Magazines are included


Goog luck
Jason

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Posted By: Steve Dawson

Besides Life, I've also seen/owned issues of the Saturday Evening Post with baseball player ads in them. One in particular had a Joe DiMaggio ad on the back cover.


Steve

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

The January 1915 (Can't remember which date as it was a weekly) Leslie's Magazine had a full page Tuxedo Tobacco ad with Ty Cobb that I've seen sell for $100 a few times. Also an October 1915 Leslie's Magazine pictures a very young Babe Ruth in the Sports section.

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Posted By: davidcycleback

I would think sport star tobacco ads could appear in most any popular national magazine.

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Posted By: davidcycleback

I would think sport star tobacco ads could appear in most any popular national magazine that men would read. Life, Boys Life, Popular Mechanics.

circa 1909-11 Sporting Lifes will have ads for T206s, Sporting Life cards and more. Though their value is in the whole magazine, not the ads.

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

No tobacco ads in "Boys Life". But lots of baseball equipment ads with Mickey Mantle/Roger Maris and others in "Boys Life".

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

Lots of Chesterfield ads with Mel Ott, Ted Williams/Stan Musial, Bill Dickey and others in 1940s Life Magazines.

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Posted By: Frank Wakefield

For back when the tobacco and caramel cards were out, 1908-1915ish, look for Colliers.

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Posted By: Chuck

Thanks for the info all.

I pulled out the Tuxedo ad I have which features six players including Lajoie, McGraw and Mathewson. It came from a 1915 issue of Literary Digest.