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PHOTOS: Vintage Baseball Cards

As early as the late 1800s, baseball collectibles were the brainchild of savvy marketers who gave away baseball cards and other goodies as premiums with product purchases. The best example is tobacco baseball cards. Read more about baseball collectibles. View photos of […]

By Catherine Riedel

Mar 12 2009

carrigan baseball card

William Carrigan

As early as the late 1800s, baseball collectibles were the brainchild of savvy marketers who gave away baseball cards and other goodies as premiums with product purchases. The best example is tobacco baseball cards.

Read more about baseball collectibles.

View photos of early Red Sox players and Fenway.

Here are some examples of early Red Sox players’ cards. Click on the image to move forward to the next.