1919-21 W514 Barker Bread Set and Checklist

Posted on September 10, 2016 by Pre-War Cards

‘It’s In The Details’

Title	W514 Barker Bread
Year	1919-21
Size	1 3/8″ x 2 1/2″ (approximate – varies by cut)
Images	Color
Type	Bakery/Strip
Number in Set	120

W514 Barker Bread Strip Overview

The W514 strip card set is one of the more significant such issues. It includes almost all of the banned members of the 1919 Chicago Black Sox team, including would-be Hall of Famer Joe Jackson. The lone player not included is Fred McMullin.

While most of the W514 cards are found with blank backs, some feature an ad for Barker Bread, creating a similar but slightly different issue. These look exactly like regular W514s from the front but have the Barker Bread name on the back.

Barker Bread advertisements on the back read:

Safe at the Home Plate
Eat
Barker Bread

Several of the Barker Bread cards have been found with most of the ad back missing due to the cards having been glued to an album. While some have remained mostly intact, others have much less of the advertisement remaining.

Unlike some other strip card sets, this is solely a baseball issue. It is completely packed with big names and Hall of Famers. Leading the way is the aforementioned Jackson, Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson, and Walter Johnson.

The cards are a pretty typical strip release. Hand cut, these will usually be found with some sort of uneven edges. The fronts feature a color cartoon image of a certain player and his name, position, and team are printed in the bottom border. In addition, a tiny card number is printed on the front of the player’s card.

A total of 120 cards are in the set.

W514 Barker Bread Strip Checklist

Since the Barker Bread cards are extremely rare, it is not known if every card in the W514 set can be found with their advertisements. However, assuming they can, this is the full checklist.