1930s Whiz Bang Gum Set and Checklist
‘It’s In The Details’
Title | Whiz Bang Gum |
Year | 1930s |
Size | 3″ x 3″ |
Images | Black and White |
Type | Candy/Gum |
Number in Set |
16 |
1930s Whiz Bang Gum Overview
In 2009, a new discovery was made in the pre-war card hobby.
That year, a large find of Whiz Bang Gum cards was made. Packs of Whiz Bang Gum included various colors of gum. According to that linked article from Sports Collectors Daily, if a consumer found a piece of white gum, the store was to award him/her with one of the Whiz Bang Gum disc cards.
The person locating the cards found a total of 83 of them. Of that group, 16 different cards were discovered, which led to the belief that 16 are in the complete set.
While featuring a black and white circular image of a personality, the discs have a colorful border of either green, orange, or yellow. The backs of the discs had a spiral design. Of the 16 in the set, only three are athletes; baseball players, to be exact. All three baseball players, Goose Goslin, Gabby Hartnett, and Lefty Grove, are members of the Hall of Fame.
The rest are various non-sports celebrities. The set was produced by Fleer and is credited as being an early 1930s issue – some citing it from 1930 and others, from 1932.
1930s Whiz Bang Gum Checklist
- Warner Baxter
- El Brendel
- Joe Brown
- Chief Thunderbird
- Gary Cooper
- Hoot Gibson
- Goose Goslin (Baseball)
- Lefty Grove (Baseball)
- Gabby Hartnett (Baseball)
- Buck Jones
- Tom Keen
- Ken Maynard
- Wallace MacDonald
- George O’Brien
- Jack Oakie
- Ted Wells
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