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[CIGARETTE CARDS]. HART, Frank (1856-1908). Between the Acts & Bravo Cigarettes / Hart Pedestrian. New York: Heppenheimer & Maurer for Thos. H. Hall, [ca. 1880s]. Rare tinted lithographed card with portrait of Hart on front and manufacturer’s advertisement on verso. Approximately 3 x 1 ½”. Slabbed and graded by PSA (“VG” “3”). Hart was the first African-American world champion of pedestrianism (similar to race walking). He later played shortstop for several Negro League baseball clubs. He was one of the first African-American sports celebrities in America.