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Old Baseball Cards Photographs - Old Judge (N172) Series - Super High Resolution (2-DVD Set): Old Baseball Cards Photographs Old Judge N172 Series Super High Resolution 2DVD Set |
| Product Description : Baseball is the sport that cackles back at can't-miss kids. Baseball humbles every player sooner or later. Baseball confers greatness stingily, in its own sweet time. At least that's what the bow-tied essayists and sandlot scouts solemnly tell us." - Johnette Howard in Sports Illustrated Few Americans can escape the mystical lure of baseball these days and it was no different when television was yet to be invented. The idea to harness this popularity for the sale of tobacco and cigarettes was nothing short of a stroke of genius. The idea was simple. Buy my brand of cigarettes and, hey, here's a picture of your favorite baseball star as bonus. The more packets you buy, the larger your collection of baseball cards grows. Strangely, these cards served many purposes other than the ones they were primarily designed for. Long after many sponsors merged with the America Tobacco Company or faded into oblivion, these cards have kept alive the history of America's favorite sport. They also reflect advancements made in the field of printing technology in the 1880s and in the decades to follow. The birth and spread of professional baseball league was a boon for tobacco companies who joined the ever-intensifying race for market-supremacy. In turn tobacco companies did a great job of helping the game by preserving forever the memory of its best-loved stars. Grab this CD toady if you are a baseball or a history buff. It is a virtual gallery of baseballs most revered names. |
