1895 N566 Newsboy Cabinets J.J. Doyle #178

Card Details Below:
Year(s):	1895
ACC Set Designation:	N566
Set Name:	Newsboy Cabinets
Country:	United States
Description:	Issued in the 1890s by the National Tobacco Works, this massive cabinet card set was distributed as a premium with the Newsboy tobacco brand. Although the set contained over 500 popular actresses, athletes, politicians, and other celebrities of the day, only about a dozen cards of baseball players have been found. The cards measure 4-1/4" X 6-1/2" and feature sepia-toned photographs mounted on a backing that usually has "Newsboy New York" printed at bottom. Each portrait photograph is numbered and a few of the photographs are round. The ballplayers in the set are mostly members of the New York Giants with a couple Brooklyn players. There are two known poses of John Ward. Cards have been seen with adverising on the back for the Keystone cigars and Red Indian tobacco.