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Baseball cards
Baseball card's usual attributes are famous past and present baseball players. Its standard design is to have the player's picture on the front and the relevant data and figures on the back. Baseball cards typical dimension is 2 ½ inches in width and 3 ½ inches in height.
In the 1860s, Peck and Snyder Sporting Goods created the first ever baseball cards as part of their advertising media. However, during that time, it was not yet known as the baseball card. It was categorized as a trading card because it uses advertising info in their business. The first baseball cards are based on black-and-white, color artwork, and sepia photographs.
In 1886, cigarette companies included baseball cards in their production for endorsement purposes. At some point in time, this was known as the tobacco cards. During this era, the most famous, one of the rarest, and the most valuable baseball card was created; the Honus Wagner. This card belongs to the T206 set and was forcefully removed by Honus Wagner (the Patterson Minor League's most famous baseball player from 1880 - 1900) from printing, thus becoming rare and controversial. Soon after, candy makers began creating baseball cards to cater younger consumers. However, the outcome of World War I severely affected the baseball card production.
Baseball card was back in the business again after the First World War. In 1933, Goudey, a chewing gum corporation, launched its own version of baseball cards; it is exceptionally large and has unique numbers to aid card collectors. Soon after, other gum manufacturers followed Goudey's idea. These include Bowman and Topps. All through this time, gum candies are closely linked to baseball cards.
From 1981 to 1989, Donruss, Fleer Inc., Score, and Upper Deck, created large sets of collectible baseball cards. The Wizards of the Coast Company also released the MLB Showdown baseball cards in 2001.
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