T209 Contentnea Color Series

One of my favorite early 20th Century sets is this 16 card set issued by Contentnea Cigarettes. Picturing players in the Virginia, Carolina Association and Eastern Carolina Leagues teams from Goldsboro, Wilson, Raleigh, Rocky Mount, Greensboro and Winston Salem in North Carolina and Spartanburg in South Carolina are represented. While the cards purport to include players of the Virginia League none do.

The pictured cards are from my collection. This is a set I'll work on in the coming years.

There is also a black and white series of T209 Contentnea designated T209-2.

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The Checklist:

Armstrong
Booles
Bourquise
Cooper
Crowell
Crockett
Fullenwider
Gilmore
Hoffman
Lane
Martin
McGeehan
Pope
Sisson
Stubbe
Walsh