1935 Vintage MLB Baseball Camel Tobacco Promotional Comic Strip Lou GehrigAugust 25, 1935 comic strip promoting Camel Tobacco products, featuring New York Yankees star and future Baseball Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig Comic features Lou Gehrig in the middle of a hit streak, getting hurt, and featuring a lift by smoking Camels Camel cigarettes were founded by R. J. Reynolds, and are still manufactured by the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company In 17 years in the Majors, all with the Yankees, Gehrig played in 7 All Star Games, won two