Q & A – Are There Other Turkey Red Images?

 

Question:  I wonder if the early Turkey Red Tobacco Trading cards were just images of baseball players or were there other images?  Thanks for your help.

Answer:  The original Turkey Red set contained 76 Cabinet sized cards.  Card numbers 51 – 76 were of popular boxers of the time.  

• Jem Driscoll #51
• Abe Attell #52
• Ad. Wolgast #53
• Johnny Coulon #54
• James Jeffries #55
• Jack (Twin) Sullivan #56
• Battling Nelson #57
• Packey McFarland #58
• Tommy Murphy #59
• Owen Moran #60
• Johnny Marto #61
• Jimmie Gardner #62
• Harry Lewis #63
• Wm. Papke #64
• Sam Langford #65
• Knock-out Brown #66
• Stanley Ketchel #67
• Joe Jeannette #68
• Leach Cross #69
• Phil. McGovern #70
• Battling Hurley #71
• Honey Mellody #72
• Al Kaufman #73
• Willie Lewis #74
• Philadelphia Jack O’Brien #75
• Jack Johnson #76