Scott has been on an old card kick lately, and one of his recent finds
is a T201 Mecca Double Folder. Have you ever seen these?
These cards were distributed nationally in 1911 in Mecca
Cigarettes. They have beautiful, colorful lithograph images,
but if that's not enough for you, how about the fact that they
are made to show TWO different player images. This is
achieved by flipping the folded flap up or down--a first in
baseball cards. Another distinction are the player stats (we
now take these for granted) shown on the back of each card.
In 1911, this was not yet a common practice.
T201s are also quite a bit bigger than the previous (and
subsequent) tobacco cards, and made of a lighter weight
cardstock, as well--this makes it tougher to find one in
very good shape, but what can you expect from a card that
was designed to be folded and unfolded, and is almost 100
years old?!
There are fifty separate two-player cards in the T201 set, fifteen
of which include at least one Hall Of Fame player. Our card
pictured here is one of the ORIGINAL Hall of Fame inductees,
Walter Johnson (his fold up buddy is Gabby Street). You can
find this card in our ebay store.
Want to see more T201s? Check out this awesome site:
The Virtual Card Collection by Dan Austin.
Thanks for stopping by,
Scott and Trisha
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