1935 Hignett How to Swim Set and Checklist
‘It’s In The Details’
Title | Hignett How to Swim |
Year | 1935 |
Size | 1 3/8″ x 2 5/8″ |
Images | Color |
Type | Tobacco |
Number in Set |
50 |
1935 Hignett How to Swim Set Overview
This rare set is one of the few that focuses on the sport of swimming and diving.
The cards were issued by Hignett Bros. & Co., a brand of The Imperial Tobacco Co. The set is dated to 1935 when there was a glut of international tobacco cards.
All images in the set are displayed horizontally. Women are displayed demonstrating four swimming strokes in all — the breast stroke, the crawl stroke, the double arm back stroke, and the back crawl stroke. Each card walks through a movement in the stroke with each stroke demonstrated over a series of cards. A total of 50 cards are in the set with each stroke getting more than ten cards. A total of 14 cards are dedicated to the crawl stroke, the most of any of the four types.
Fronts include a color depiction of a swimming or diving motion with a title and white borders. The fronts include the name of the stroke and the particular movement being focused on. Fronts also have the Hignett’s Cigarettes name. Backs include a short description of the action on the front. Backs also have a card number with the How to Swim title at the top while the bottom has the print while referencing Hignett at the bottom.
The set is fairly rare like most Hignett issues, which were not printed in the large quantity that sets from other popular international tobacco brands (i.e. Wills, Churchman, etc.) were. Each card in the set typically sells for a few dollars.
1935 Hignett How to Swim Set Checklist
- The Breast Stroke – The Poise
- The Breast Stroke- Leg Action, First Position
- The Breast Stroke – Leg Action, Second Position
- The Breast Stroke – Leg Action, Third Position
- The Breast Stroke – Arm Action, First Position
- The Breast Stroke – Arm Action, Second Position
- The Breast Stroke – Arm Action, Third Position
- The Breast Stroke – Arm Action, Fourth Position
- The Breast Stroke – Breathing (Inhaling)
- The Breast Stroke – Breathing (Exhaling)
- The Breast Stroke – Inter-Timing of the Arm and Leg Actions, First Position
- The Breast Stroke – Inter-Timing of the Arm and Leg Actions, Second Position
- The Breast Stroke – Isolated Limb Action
- The Crawl Stroke – The Poise
- The Crawl Stroke – Arm Recovery, First Position
- The Crawl Stroke – Arm Recovery, Second Position
- The Crawl Stroke – Arm Recovery, Third Position
- The Crawl Stroke – Arm Pull, First Position
- The Crawl Stroke – Arm Pull, Second Position
- The Crawl Stroke – Arm Pull, Third Position
- The Crawl Stroke- Leg Action, First Position
- The Crawl Stroke – Leg Action, Second Position
- The Crawl Stroke – Leg Action, Third Position
- The Crawl Stroke – Breathing (Inhaling)
- The Crawl Stroke – Breathing (Exhaling)
- The Crawl Stroke – Inter-Timing of the Arm and Leg Actions
- The Crawl Stroke – Isolated Limb Action
- The Double Arm Back Stroke – The Poise
- The Double Arm Back Stroke- Leg Action, First Position
- The Double Arm Back Stroke – Leg Action, Second Position
- The Double Arm Back Stroke – Leg Action, Third Position
- The Double Arm Back Stroke – Arm Action, First Position
- The Double Arm Back Stroke – Arm Action, Second Position
- The Double Arm Back Stroke – Arm Action, Third Position
- The Double Arm Back Stroke – Arm Action, Fourth Position
- The Double Arm Back Stroke – Arm Action, Fifth Position
- The Double Arm Back Stroke – Inter-Timing of the Arm and Leg Actions, First Position
- The Double Arm Back Stroke – Inter-Timing of the Arm and Leg Actions, Second Position
- The Double Arm Back Stroke – Isolated Limb Action
- The Back Crawl Stroke – The Poise
- The Back Crawl Stroke- Leg Action, First Position
- The Back Crawl Stroke – Leg Action, Second Position
- The Back Crawl Stroke – Leg Action, Third Position
- The Back Crawl Stroke – Arm Action, First Position
- The Back Crawl Stroke – Arm Action, Second Position
- The Back Crawl Stroke – Arm Action, Third Position
- The Back Crawl Stroke – Arm Action, Fourth Position
- The Back Crawl Stroke – Arm Action, Fifth Position
- The Back Crawl Stroke – Inter-Timing of the Arm and Leg Actions
- The Back Crawl Stroke – Isolated Limb Action
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