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The 1880s Merchant’s Gargling Oil
Trade cards features an odd-looking,
overweight baseball player wearing a
red belt, socks and hat with a white
uniform, in a variety of comical poses.
The set was given the catalog
designation H804-7 American Card
Catalog under the Baseball Comics
classification. The set consists of
five, 3.25 by 5.25" with a printed ad
for Merchant’s Gargling Oil at the
bottom. Although Gargling Oil was the
primary sponsor, these cards also
featured other advertisers as well.
Lithography for the set was done by
Gies & Company of Buffalo, NY.
The five cards in the H807A set are titled; A Close affair. Hugging the
Bat, Bravo! The Pet of the Nine,
Something must be done! "Put it
there!," Struck Out, The Hero of a Home
Run. The Ladies Favorite. There are
three other parallel sets (B,C,D) with
variations.
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