Number of Cards
The 109 1909 American Tobacco White Border collection features a total of 525 cards, including 36 players from the Cubs.Size of Cards
The cards measure 1-7/16 x 2-5/8Basic Features
These cards lack numbering and feature various backs. The T206 set is the largest and most renowned MLB collection of its era. Each card showcases color lithograph images of players, framed by a white border. The players' names and their respective teams are printed in brown ink along the bottom margin. There are sixteen distinct American Tobacco Co. brands advertised on the backs of these cards, with Piedmont and Sweet Caporal being the most prevalent.Various Backs:
- American Beauty - more thinly cut than other brands due to the narrower size of the cigarette packs
- Broadleaf
- Carolina Brights
- Cycle
- Drum
- El Principe De Gales
- Hindu - Found in both brown ink and red ink (rare)
- Lenox - Found in both brown ink and black ink
- Old Mill
- Piedmont
- Polar Bear - Only brand that is not cigarettes; Polar Bear was loose tobacco, also known as scrap tobacco
- Sovereign
- Sweet Caporal
- Tolstoi
- Ty Cobb
- Uzit
To ensure you don't purchase a counterfeit piece of history, always obtain a professionally graded card from a trusted seller. Graded cards are expected to appreciate significantly in value over time.
Chicago Cubs 1909-11 American Tobacco White Border Checklist
| Player | Pose | |
| Mordecai Brown | Portrait | |
| Mordecai Brown | Cubs Shirt | |
| Mordecai Brown | Chicago Shirt | |
| George Browne | Batting | |
| Frank Chance | Batting | |
| Frank Chance | Red Portrait | |
| Frank Chance | Yellow Portrait | |
| Johnny Evers | Batting with Yellow Background | |
| Johnny Evers | Portrait | |
| Johnny Evers | Batting with Blue Background | |
| Solly Hofman | Batting | |
| Del Howard | Batting | |
| Johnny Kling | Portrait | |
| Rube Kroh | Pitching | |
| Carl Lundren | Pitching | |
| Pat Moran | Portrait | |
| Thomas Needham | Catching | |
| Orval Overall | Portrait | |
| Orval Overall | Hands at waist level | |
| Orval Overall | Hands at face level | |
| Jeff Pfeffer | ||
| John Pfiester | Portrait | |
| JohnPfiester | Pitching | |
| Ed Reulbach | Portrait | |
| Ed Reulbach | Pitching | |
| Frank Schulte | Batting back | |
| Frank Schulte | Batting front | |
| James Sheckard | Throwing | |
| James Sheckard | Portrait | |
| Harry Steinfeldt | Portrait | |
| Harry Steinfeldt | Batting | |
| JoeTinker | Portrait | |
| Joe Tinker | Bat off Sholulder | |
| Joe Tinker | Hands on knee | |
| Joe Tinker | Bat on Shoulder | |
| Heinie Zimmerman | Batting |
Mordecai Brown-Portrait
Mordecai Brown-CHICAGO Shirt
Mordecai Brown-CUBS Shirt
George Browne
Frank Chance-Red Portrait
Frank Chance-Yellow Portrait
Frank Chance-Batting
Johnny Evers-Portrait
Johnny Evers-Batting with Yellow Background
Johnny Evers-Batting with Blue Background
Solly Hofman
Del Howard
Johnny Kling
Rube Kroh
Carl Lundren
Pat Moran
Thomas Needham
Orval Overall-Portrait
Orval Overall-Hands at face level
Orval Overall-Hands at waist level
Francis Pfeffer
Jack Pfiester-Portrait
Jack Pfiester-Pitching
Ed Reulbach-Portrait
Ed Reulbach-Pitching
Frank Schulte-Batting back
Frank Schulte-Batting front
James Sheckard-Portrait
James Sheckard-Throwing
Harry Steinfeldt-Portrait
Harry Steinfeldt-Batting
Joe Tinker-Portrait
Joe Tinker-Hands on knee
Joe Tinker-Bat off Sholulder
Joe Tinker-Bat on Shoulder
Heinie Zimmerman
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