The original set consisted of 114 players according to the Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards although the exact number of cards issued is unknown. The sepia tone photography depicted players from the deadball era and included (12) Hall of Famers; Buck Ewing, Dan Brouthers, John Montgomery Ward, Mike “King” Kelly, Ned Hanlon, Charlie “Old Hoss” Radbourn, Orator Jim O’Rourke, Pud Galvin, Roger Connor, Tim Keefe, Tommy McCarthy, and Charles Comiskey. The N174/N175 Gypsy Queen tobacco card set was issued by the Goodwin & Co. in 1887 to help market the company’s Gypsy Queen cigarettes. Goodwin was founded before the Civil War and was one of four tobacco companies that became the American Tobacco Company monopoly in 1890. Goodwin is known for Old Judge, Gypsy Queen and Goodwin Champions card sets. This year saw Topps release its own version of this classic tobacco set complete with all the bells and whistles one might expect from a modern trading cards; relics, framed parallels, minis, variations and autographs.
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