1930s Rogers Peet Clothing Set

Posted on September 5, 2016 by Pre-War Cards

‘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.