T card era cigarette packs

[canjond]

Jeremy - here is the best I could do with the other Red Sun pack. It was part of a large lot and I was not able to secure a scan of the individual pack. However, it can clearly be seen. This was the first time I had ever seen one. Below are the two scans side by side. It's interesting how different the graphics are (and how they changed over such a relatively short period of time). Both packs are, without question, the same Red Sun brand that produced T211s. My guess, however, is that the more colorful pack probably dates to the 1910-1915 era, while the less colorful pack is 1906-07 (pre-ATC acquisition). After Butler was acquired by ATC, Red Sun production would have been shifted to New Orleans. It's interesting to note that the colorful Red Sun pack actually states this on the side - just like the pack of T211s.

[E93]

The Red Suns and Hindu stuff is awesome!! Thanks for sharing the images.
JimB

[jerrys]

[WillowGrove]

Hi -

I wanted to add my new acquistion to this thread - I now own one cigarette pack -and excited to say it's a Dogs Head. I'm going to put some photos below.

While the only value I know is from Jon C's awesome sight - I am most excited about it's level of scarcity. Of course as someone else in this thread "lamented" about an L1 leather, etc., now I need to find and buy a Dogs head card to pair with it. Ugh, such problems.

In case the photo isn't clear - the overstamp does say Aug. 1 1889 -Cerebus, Leon, Jon C et al - really interesting and beautiful stuff. Thanks for making this a real informative thread - and to whomever posted the links - I'm off to read them.

[dabbuu]

Are any t206 packs missing from this thread?

[pete zouras]

Looks like a first for this thread, thus the bump.