edic ▁variety ▁of ▁topics ▁from ▁nature ▁to ▁war ▁to ▁sports ▁— ▁subjects ▁that ▁appe aled ▁to ▁men ▁who ▁sm oked . ▁ ▁By ▁ 1 9 0 0 , ▁there ▁were ▁thousands ▁of ▁to b acco ▁card ▁sets ▁manufact ured ▁by ▁ 3 0 0 ▁different ▁companies . ▁ ▁Following ▁the ▁success ▁of ▁cig aret te ▁cards , ▁trade ▁cards ▁were ▁produced ▁by ▁manufact ur ers ▁of ▁other ▁products ▁and ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁product ▁or ▁handed ▁to ▁the ▁customer ▁by ▁the ▁store ▁cl erk ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁purchase . ▁ ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁put ▁an ▁end ▁to ▁cig aret te ▁card ▁production ▁due ▁to ▁limited ▁paper ▁resources , ▁and ▁after ▁the ▁war ▁cig aret te ▁cards ▁never ▁really ▁made ▁a ▁com eb ack . ▁ ▁After ▁that ▁collect ors ▁of ▁pri zes ▁from ▁ret ail ▁products ▁took ▁to ▁collect ing ▁tea ▁cards ▁in ▁the ▁UK ▁and ▁b ubble ▁g um ▁cards ▁in ▁the ▁US . ▁ ▁Trade ▁cards ▁to ▁trad ing ▁cards ▁The ▁first ▁baseball ▁cards ▁were ▁trade ▁cards ▁featuring ▁the ▁Brook lyn ▁Atl antics ▁produced ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 8 ▁by ▁Pe ck ▁and ▁S ny der , ▁a ▁sport ing ▁goods ▁company ▁that ▁manufact ured ▁baseball ▁equipment . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 9 , ▁Pe ck ▁and ▁S ny der ▁trade ▁cards ▁featured ▁the ▁first ▁professional ▁team , ▁the ▁Red ▁Stock ings . ▁ ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁baseball ▁cards ▁around ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁came ▁in ▁c andy ▁and ▁to b acco