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Old Baseball Cards Photographs - Hassan Triple Folders (T202) Series - Super High Resolution DVD: Old Baseball Cards Photographs Hassan Triple Folders T202 Series Super High Resolution DVD |
| Product Description : It is difficult to find a better example of synergistic growth than that of baseball and tobacco companies from the late 19th century. While both baseball and tobacco enjoyed a steady following before the 1870s, their popularity skyrocketed when tobacco manufacturers decided to piggyback on the lure of baseball to boost their sales. This they did by including posters of the most admired baseball players in cigarette packets. This was not only a daring, but also an ingenious and highly successful strategy, and one in which both baseball and tobacco emerged winners. The credit for this stroke of wizardry undoubtedly goes to James B. Duke, who initiated the use of baseball cards in the 1870s. This enterprising businessman revealed his marketing genius with the creation of a whole new way of advertising tobacco and cigarettes. Instead of inserting a plain piece of cardboard to lend strength to the cigarette cases, Duke printed pictures and other baseball trivia on them. What Duke probably did not realize, was that he had also made a significant contribution to the preservation of baseball history and for this baseball devotees owe him and others such as the Hassan Cigarette Company a huge debt. Had it not been for these invaluable records, the history of baseball would have been that much poorer and the achievements of several legends been lost to the world forever. A2ZCDS has done a marvelous job of preserving over 450+ of the best surviving Hassan Triple Cards, giving baseball fans a great reason for rejoicing. |
