Books about the tobacco companies?

[obcbeatle]

Thanks bgar3 I'll check it out. I'm going to put together a list of what I can find on this topic and see if I can get any via ILL at my local library. Jerry.

[trdcrdkid]

Robert Forbes and Terrence Mitchell's "American Tobacco Cards: A Price Guide and Checklist" is primarily about the (non-sport) card sets themselves, but it also has background information about the tobacco companies that put out the cards. And of course "The Photographic Baseball Cards of Goodwin & Company (1886-1890)" by our own Jay Miller, Joe Gonsowski, and Richard Masson has a lot of background about Goodwin.

[swarmee]

Questions I would be interested in getting background information on:
1) When did players start getting paid for their likeness on "pictures of base ball men"? I know Topps had standard contracts in the 1950s, but when did that originate.
2) How did they choose all the subjects for their cards?
3) For the T51 set and other college sets, did Murad contact the colleges they were featuring for approval, or was it by executive decision to print those schools? Why were some tiny schools featured over better known sports powerhouses of the day?