Well, it's a standard Old Mill ad that was used in 1910 in newspapers around the country, but this particular ad was printed in a Texas newspaper and modified to say Texas League cards. Most of the time when these ads appeared, the text said "Baseball pictures."
Yes, the ad does show two baseball cards coming out of the pack and they are T206 cards. But I think this ad was really for T210 cards when it was printed in Texas. According to oldtime collector Wirt Gammon, collectors did get 2 cards in a cigarette pack back then, not one.
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