1933 W574 Strip Card Set and Checklist

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Pre-War Cards

‘It’s In The Details’

Title	W574 Strip
Year	1933
Size	2 1/8″ x 2 3/4″
Images	Black and White
Type	Strip
Number in Set	29

W574 Strip Cards Overview

W574 04 Averill The 1933 W574 strip cards are black and white with replica player signatures/cursive written names on the fronts and blank backs.

As stated in the American Card Catalog, these are identifiable in part due to the team names on the front in large, bold font. The signatures and team names were printed in either black or white ink, depending if the photograph in the background was light or dark.

The maker of this set isn’t known and it isn’t known how/where they were distributed.

A unique factor of the set is the thick white border that surrounds each picture. Cards feature players from only the American League. The reason for that is unknown and it is not clear if there were plans to produce a set of National Leaguers. That could mean they were distributed in a city where an American League team played but that is not clear.

Like other strip cards (i.e. W512 and W513), different card stock appears to have been used. Some cards have a grayish back while others have one that is brown. Both appear to be authentic.

One unique aspect is that all of the pictures were full body shots and not closeups. All of the cards were also vertical shots, save for Harry Davis, whose was a horizontal shot.

Here are pictures of all of the cards.