T206 factory / factories

[mullinsm]

I visited the site of factory #6 in 2016. Supposedly it was quite the place in its day, but there's nothing there now to indicate its former glory.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by mullinsm

I visited the site of factory #6 in 2016. Supposedly it was quite the place in its day, but there's nothing there now to indicate its former glory.

Big Al might have a different take on this subject.

Brian

[abmchenry]

Thanks everyone, amazing to see that this much is known about the key T206 landmark locations. If I was a train robber back in 1910, I know what my targets would have been....

[White Borders]

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T206 Pelty Vertical - Polar Bear.jpg

[Pat R]

Originally Posted by abmchenry

Thanks everyone, amazing to see that this much is known about the key T206 landmark locations. If I was a train robber back in 1910, I know what my targets would have been....

Here's an ad from 1909 about the shipment of 10,000 Old mill packs with SL's in them that's 20,000 Southern League t206's.

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[oldeboo]

A few more interesting Factory 6 images

[abmchenry]

Wow, these images are incredible, thanks all for sharing them. Shame that the PB factory no longer exists. Also, I had no idea that certain brands included two cards per pack. I'll keep that in mind the next time I'm shopping for unopened packs on eBay. They can't be that expensive right? : )

[Pat R]

Originally Posted by abmchenry

Wow, these images are incredible, thanks all for sharing them. Shame that the PB factory no longer exists. Also, I had no idea that certain brands included two cards per pack. I'll keep that in mind the next time I'm shopping for unopened packs on eBay. They can't be that expensive right? : )

Many of them had two cards per pack here's a Hindu ad

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If you haven't seen this thread, in Tom's post number 11 there is a link to a pdf file from an ATC journal some of the ledger pages have the packing instructions for inserting different tobacco cards. It's a great read I recommend looking through it if you haven't already.

https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...ghlight=ledger

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by abmchenry

Wow, these images are incredible, thanks all for sharing them. Shame that the PB factory no longer exists. Also, I had no idea that certain brands included two cards per pack. I'll keep that in mind the next time I'm shopping for unopened packs on eBay. They can't be that expensive right?

Hey guy,

Go for it....and find a UZIT cigarette pack. At the tail-end of the T206 production in the Spring of 1911,
Factory #30 was inserting a T206 card with a T80 card in the their UZIT cigarette packs.


T80 cards




TED Z

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