1930s Rogers Peet Clothing Set

‘It’s In The Details’
Title | Rogers Peet Clothing |
Year | 1930s |
Size | 1 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ |
Images | Black and White |
Type | Trade |
Number in Set |
48 |
Rogers Peet Clothing Overview
The Rogers Peet Clothing set is a multi-sport issue featuring baseball, football, and hockey players. In addition, athletes from other sports (boxing, tennis, swimming, golf, etc.) are included as well.
Rogers Peet was a men’s clothier founded in 1874. The company was said to have created numerous innovative practices at the time such as using tags to provide fabric composition of clothing, using price tags on clothing instead of bartering, and refunding purchase amounts to customers if they were not satisfied. The company lasted more than 100 years in business, closing in the 1980s.
The cards themselves are plain and extremely understated. Each one features a black and white player image along with a player’s name and card number on the front. Backs are entirely blank.
The Rogers Peet cards are extremely scarce. PSA has graded all of them but they have graded only a single copy of much of the set at the time of this publication. Some of the bigger names in the set include Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Lou Gehrig, Red Grange, and Lionel Conacher.
The picture for the Babe Ruth card is notable. It is a famous shot of a Ruth follow-through on a swing and was the same picture used on his 1932 Sanella/Astra Margarine cards.
Rogers Peet Clothing Checklist
- Walter Hagen
- Johnny Weissmuller
- De Hart Hubbard
- Ray Conger
- Dazzy Vance
- Sabin Carr
- John Van Ryn
- Clarence Chamberlin
- Ray Barbuti
- Lionel Conacher
- Gene Tunney
- Charles Lindbergh
- Walter Johnson
- H.O.D. Seagraves
- Gar Wood
- Rogers Hornsby
- Percy Williams
- Herb Pennock
- Wilmer Allison
- Francis Hunter
- Charles Paddock
- Frank Boucher
- Richard Byrd
- Bobby Jones
- Jack Sharkey
- Frank Hawks
- Thomas Hitchcock
- Lou Gehrig
- Ching Johnson
- Peter De Paolo
- Red Grange
- Walter Spence
- Ken Strong
- Ty Cobb
- Bill Tilden
- Jack Dempsey
- Ed Wittmer
- Tris Speaker
- George Kojac
- Maurice McCarthy
- Chris Cagle
- Bill Burch
- Ray Ruddy
- Edward Hamm
- Paavo Nurmi
- Bill Melhorn
- Max Schmeling
- Babe Ruth
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