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
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