Date of Original
1909/1913

Subject
American Tobacco Company
Baseball cards--Collectors and collecting--Georgia
Baseball cards--United States--History
Legislators--Georgia
Legislators--United States
Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971--Archives

Location
United States, 39.76, -98.5

Medium
baseball cards
cigarette cards

Type
Still Image

Description
The collection contains the childhood baseball card collection of Richard B. Russell, Jr. There are approximately 1100 tobacco cards dating from the period 1911-1913, and most are in very good condition. These cards were produced by the American Tobacco Company during the height of the so-called dead ball era. The majority of the cards come from the T-206 "White Border" set, the largest tobacco card set of the early 20th century and the one containing some of the most prized cards in the collecting world.

Metadata URL
http://baseballcards.galib.uga.edu/

Language
eng

Original Collection
Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Subgroup D: Winder Papers, 1840-1978, bulk 1932-1971.

Holding Institution
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

Rights

• About
• Acknowledgements
• Frequently Asked Questions
• A Boy's Life
• The Charm Of Making
• It Ain't Cheatin' If You Don't Get Caught
• Baseball in Georgia
• From the Quad to the Diamond
• Baseball & Politics
• The American Game: Baseball & Popular Culture
• Forgotten Heroes of the Dead-Ball Era
• The Fix Is In
• The First Shall Be The Last
• The Paragon & the Peach
• Boneheads, Goats & Flops
• Cigarettes, Bubblegum & Greenbacks: An Afterward
• Bibliography
• Suggested Readings
• Copyright and Other Restrictions