"The article claimed that the cards were “more sought after than gold” by young boys who purchased packs of cigarettes for the pictures of “baseball men” and then “peddled the smokeables to passers on the streets.” "
This was in 1909. In the embedded article, boys were buying packs at a nickel and selling the cigarettes for a penny apiece on the street... just for the cards. That's the entrepreneurial spirit!
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