Blogging The History Of Baseball Cards & Its Hobby

In the 1800s and early 1900s, most cards were issued as premium items or promotional advertising to entice consumers to buy tobacco products.
During this time of period, baseball was looked at as a "gentlemen's game" which was played by young men having fun in social gatherings.

By 1912, the second era of tobacco trading cards hit the market. Candy companies started using these trading cards to target toward children. The reason for this?
Candy companies wanted a reason for children to buy candy. These companies started to see more kids get involved into the game of baseball. In 1914 and 1915, cards were found in boxes of Cracker Jack. In 1933, "bubblegum cards" were born when several gum companies began selling cards along with their gum.

During this period and into the 1960s, most collectors of cards were children. These children would trade their extras with other children to get cards they didn't have. Example: Johnny would trade his Babe Ruth card for the card of Shoeless Joe Jackson.As the kids grew older and began to give up the things of their youth, many threw out their cards. Very few collectors took their hobby with them into adulthood. That would soon change for the best or worse?

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