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c1910s S22 tobacco silk WEST POINT ( ARMY ) Baseball Pitcher
$ 39.6
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For auction is a silk featuring the image of a college athlete with the college colors and college seal. The silk measures approx. 3.5" by 5". These silks were issued as premiums in each pack of Murad cigarettes around 1912. The idea was to boost cigarette sales. This is one of a series of 10 silks featuring different sports. The different sports represented in this series of silk are Batter, Pitcher, Football, Hockey, Golf, Hammer Throw, Shot Put, Hurdler, Runner and Rower (Crew). These silks are great items for for early tobacco collectors and college aluminae. Really nice item to frame!! Designation for this silk is S22 , referred to as college silk, tobacco silk or cigarette silk. Please see my other auctions for more great college material issued by the early tobacco / cigarette companies. 3.00 S & HPowered by
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