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Originally Posted by Pat R
Apparently when they were first distributed Cobb cards were pretty scarce.
Charlotte News July 19 1909
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Concord Tribune July 17 1909
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and in this clip Mr. Boyd, Mr. Murphy and the paper are asking for "pictures" of Cobb while Mr. Smith
is rewarding people for throwing them away.
Charlotte Evening Chronicle May 15 1909
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I wonder which Cobb the kids were after, the Cobb Portrait Green or the Cobb Bat On Shoulder? Both came out the same time. You'd think it would be relatively easy to find at least one example of a Cobb if there were 2 different Cobbs available to pull during the early Piedmont 150 series.