1916 D303 Mothers’ Bread Set and Checklist

Posted on September 6, 2016 by Pre-War Cards

‘It’s In The Details’

Title	D303 Mothers’ Bread and Checklist
Year	1916
Size	1 1/2″ x 2 3/4″
Images	Color
Type	Bakery
Number in Set	23

D303 Mothers’ Bread Overview

D303 Mothers Bread Back D303MothersBread Bender.jpg The 1916 D303 Mothers’ Bread set is similar to the D303 General Baking issue. That in turn makes it similar to the E106 American Caramel and the E90 American Caramel cards, since those cards are also closely related to the General Baking cards, too. That makes sense as General Baking was said to have been the parent company of Mothers’ Bread.

Instead of the General Baking backs, which stated that they are with ‘Compliments of General Baking Company’ and were available until September 1st, these are a little different. The General Baking cards were packaged with the company’s Star Bread, French Bread, and Little General Bread products and stated as such on the backs. However the Mothers’ Bread cards had that name printed, calling it, ‘The Perfect Loaf’ and stating it was sold for ten cents.

These cards were also produced in New Orleans.

Both are difficult to find but the Mothers’ Bread cards are more scarce than the General Baking issues.

It is also worth noting that several of the cards from this set were recycled images, making them sort of generic. Several cards, including Buck Weaver’s, used pictures of players from other sets. Weaver’s card specifically offers the same picture used for Hall of Famer Joe Tinker found in the E106 set. Using the same picture for more than one player was a relatively common practice. Other sets, such as the N284 Buchner Gold Coin set or the E91 American Caramel issue, followed this practice.

While the cards are less pleasing aesthetically, the reusing of images for various players doesn’t always kill the value. Star cards from this set as well as N284 and E91, for example, are still very valuable.

D303 Mothers’ Bread Checklist

Per the SGC and PSA pop reports, those companies have graded almost all of the known cards in the set.

Note that two cards in the list below have not yet been verified but are believed by many collectors to be in the set – Rube Bressler and Nap Lajoie. I have added them here with asterisks but cannot confirm their existence.