Produced in 1910-11 by the American Tobacco Company, the Turkey Red cabinet cards were redeemably by mailing in coupons found in packs of Turkey Red, Fez and Old Mill brand cigarettes.  The large-format cards were produced on heavy stock, measuring 5 ¾” x 8” and feature beautiful, colorful lithographic printing featuring one of 126 different subjects (including 25 boxers, which are catalogued as T9 cards, but are actually part of the same set).  Cards are found with checklists on the reverse, or in the case of card numbers 77-126, with a Turkey Red advertisement.  Due to their size, the cards are often found with pinholes and back damage from mounting in scrapbooks or hanging on walls, and are seldom found in higher grades.  Difficult to find in quantity, they are considered to be among the most beautiful and desirable of all the baseball tobacco issues.

Collector-grade example of one of the key cards to the Turkey Red issue, that of Hall of Famer Cy Young.  Heavy wear is evident at the corners, with two pronounced pinholes at the top and bottom of the card, one of which has resulted in a larger than average hole at each end.  Some surface creasing is evident at the bottom-left, as is overall soiling and a few surface abrasions.  Despite all this, a T3 Cy Young his highly sought-after in any grade, as one of four or five key cards in this very popular issue.