Surprisingly little is known about the printing companies responsible for producing the majority of early 20th century tobacco and caramel cards. Only recently have researchers within the hobby confirmed that the American Lithographic Company (ALC) of New York City was responsible for the famed T206 set. But like American Tobacco itself, American Lithographic was a trust, a conglomeration of printing houses scattered across the east coast and united under the visionary leadership of Joseph Knapp. The offered uncut sheet of E91 American Caramel cards comes to Mile High from the living estate of an elderly woman whose father, Martin Oscar Huttman, was the Head Color Artist for the Maryland Printing Company, which may very well have been a subsidiary of ALC. Regardless, we now know that the Maryland Printing Company was at least responsible for printing the E91 issue for the American Caramel Company, and who knows what else. Our consignor remembers the offered uncut E91 sheets from the earliest days of her childhood, where they resided in one of her father's fascinating dresser drawers. She also remembers her father sharing with her a particularly unique item, a yellow Honus Wagner card that had to be pulled from production some years earlier because Wagner did not want to encourage young people to use tobacco. Did Huttman and the Maryland Printing Company have a hand in the T206 issue as well? We may never know, but according to our consignor, the talented Huttman was also influential in developing the Joe Cool concept for Camel cigarettes and several other well-known campaigns. Mile High is proud to offer nine unique E91 "Series A" sheets from Huttman's family in separate lots. The details of each lot will hereafter be limited to a description of each sheet's content and condition. It should be noted that the sheets have been stored for many decades in rolls preserved within a glass jar and consequently display an expected curling effect similar to a new poster, and will therefore be shipped in rolled form. The colors, however, are so perfectly preserved that these sheets may very well have been bona fide artist's proofs. Collectors and historians will be interested to note the placement of players, particularly with regard to duplicates and triplicates that appear at the beginning of several of the "rolls," a seemingly random arrangement that provides the enthusiast with a bewildering glimpse at the printing methodologies of the E91 issue and potentially other sets as well. Featuring 18 cards, offered in this lot is the largest of our 9 sheets, with 3 examples of John McGraw and 4 copies of Joe Tinker. The sheet is in remarkably well preserved condition with uniformly worn VG/EX corners, EX/MT edges, and only two prominent creases, one through the first McGraw and the other through the third Tinker, from left to right, with only a few additional minor creases throughout. Please use the super-size function on our website to examine all sheets in their entirety. A tremendous opportunity to acquire a truly unique Caramel relic from the estate of one of our hobby's original lithographic artists. From left to right, this sheet contains the following: Murphy, Davis, Tinker, Murphy, Davis, Tinker, McGraw, Seybold, Murphy, Davis, Tinker, McGraw, Seybold, Murphy, Davis, Tinker, McGraw, Seybold. Good luck!