1910 T218 Champions Arch Hoxsey Aviator.
This is a particularly scarce and historically significant card, capturing one of aviation's early daredevils at the dawn of powered flight. Issued by tobacco companies Mecca, Hassan, and Tolstoi, the T218 set celebrated notable figures of the time. Hoxsey, an exhibition pilot for the Wright brothers, became famous for setting altitude records and thrilling crowds with death-defying stunts before his tragic death in 1910, before the release of this card.😳

1910 T218 Champions.
Abe Attell, aka "The Little Hebrew", was an American boxer who became known for his record-setting, six year consecutive reign as World Featherweight Champion from 1906 to 1912.
Black Sox Scandal -- Though never charged with a crime Abe Attell is said to have been the right hand man and money delivery man (bag man) for Arnold “Big Bankroll” Rothstein who allegedly was the mastermind of the Black Sox Scandal "fix".

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Jack Johnson - Pioneer for Racial Equality in the U.S.A.
The "Galveston Giant", became the first black world heavyweight boxing champion (1908–1915), at the height of the Jim Crow era.
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