1983 1915 Cracker Jack (reprint) Baseball Forum

The early part of the 20th-Century was marked by numerous baseball card set releases by both tobacco companies (T-series) and caramel companies (E-series). 

Some of the heavy hitters from the caramel sets include 1903 Breisch-Williams (E-107), 1909 American Caramel (E--90), 1915 Cracker Jack (E-145), and 1922 American Caramel (E-120). 

Some of the heavy hitters from the tobacco sets include 1909 American Tobacco (T-206), 1911 Gold Border (T-205), and 1912 Brown Background (T-207).

Due to the unpopularity of smoking these days, I'd probably have to admit more interest in the E-series sets rather than the T-Series sets.  What are your preferences regarding these early 20th-Century classics? Why?

To me it's all a matter of design.  My favorite is the 1911 T-205 Gold Borders.

I have no cards pre-1951 (at this point). I have looked at T-206s (and T-205s) at shows and online with a serious eye to pick up an "old" card at some point (and it MUST be a Phillie). As far as whether it's a Cracker Jack, or Piedmont, or whatever, I really don't care. And as a lifelong asthmatic who is very, very, VERY allergic to tobacco smoke, I still don't care if my 100-yr-old-plus card came from a tobacco product or not. (Although I do care if my current cards smell like tobacco smoke, I have a set like that and I aired out out in a somewhat open room of my house and it still smells when I open the binder - my binder, my pages, only the cards came from the smoker's house.)