This lot features an authentic 1910 T218 tobacco card issued by Mecca Cigarettes as part of their famous "Champion Athlete and Prize Fighter Series" from Series #2 (cards numbered 51 to 100). The front displays a detailed color lithograph illustration of the boxing icon, labeled "Wm. Papke," in a forward athletic stance inside the ring next to a turnbuckle post numbered "14." The reverse side functions as an archival biography, detailing his 1886 Spring Valley, Illinois birth, ring measurements, his legendary multi-fight rivalry with Stanley Ketchel, and a breakdown of his 1909 bouts under the iconic Mecca Cigarettes Factory No. 649 branding.