T216's are American Caramel "E90 reprints"....my insights & let's hear yours ?

[tedzan]

Todd

Regarding your......
"It is possible Peoples wanted to use T206 images in 1911 and were denied by ATC. That could have been part of their beef with ATC.
I have some problems with that though. By 1911, Roosevelt was pretty far along in going after monopolies, and ATC could not have
been blind to what was likely coming its way. It would have been pretty brazen to give the govt more ammunition by denying use of
the T206 images by others in the industry, even if there were arguable contractual rights to enforce. As for Amer Litho, they too should
have been looking at the writing on the wall, and seeing that their friend/big customer was about to be blown apart. In addition, while
the Clayton Act was still a couple of years away, there would have been rumblings about their involvement if they had any kind of tying
agreement with ATC. I just don't know that either of these monoliths would have risked making the bigger picture worse by messing with
a small local tobacco company in 1911, but hey, arrogance knows no bounds."


I appreciate your comments. However, having read much regarding James B. Duke (ATC) and Joseph P. Knapp (American Litho. founder),
I would not put it past them to refuse to produce BB cards for the People's Tobacco Company (due to the pending litigation).

BB cards were a trivial aspect in the larger picture of divesting ATC; therefore, this would have made no impact on the "government".

Also, consider this: American Litho. continued producing T-cards long after the ATC divesture in 1911. These BB card sets were issued from
1912-1919: T202 (Mecca), T213 (type 2 & 3 Coupon), T214 (Victory), T215 [Red Cross (type 2) & Pirate]. Furthermore, there are numerous
other Sports and Non-Sports sets, whose backs advertise ATC tobacco products. American Litho. was a huge force in the printing industry
well into the 1930's.


TED Z