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The Capadura
Cigar series of comic trade cards
consists of a five card set measuring
3.25" x 5.25" Given the catalog
designation H 804-4 the cards were
published by Clay & Company,
lithographers of
Buffalo, N.Y. The red, white and light
tan cards strongly resemble the artwork
found on the 1880's Merchant’s Gargling
Oil Trade cards'. The lithography for
that set was done by Gies & Company of
Buffalo, NY.
This set "Registered by
R.C. Brown," (distributing agents) was
produced for Straiton & Storms,
Capadura Cigars, and the brand name,
with a brief advertisement appears at
the bottom front below the card's
title. A Capadura Cigar advertisement
is featured on the back. The 5 card
checklist: Two Men Out and Three on
Base, A Short Stop!, Behind the Bat,
Judgment!, and Where Will You Have.
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