1928 George Ruth Candy Company Set

Posted on October 12, 2016 by Pre-War Cards

‘It’s In The Details’

Title	George Ruth Candy Company
Year	1928
Size	1 7/8″ x 4″
Images	Sepia
Type	Candy/Caramel
Number in Set	6

George Ruth Candy Company Cards Overview

The George Ruth Candy Company was created in 1926 and two years later, the company produced an obscure set of trading cards featuring the company’s namesake.

Unlike most Ruth issues, this one is a little unique as it didn’t utilize his iconic nickname, The Babe. Instead, the company’s formal name, the George Ruth Candy Company, is what appears on the back advertisement.

The cards were sepia toned and were packaged with Ruth’s candy. A total of six cards were in the set. The set does not have an American Card Catalog number and was not identified by Jefferson Burdick for that famous book.

The fronts included an image of Ruth along with captions and a card number. On the backs, collectors were informed that there were six cards in the set and that a complete set could be sent to the George Ruth Candy Company in Cleveland, Ohio in exchange for a baseball with Ruth’s ‘genuine’ signature.

The pictures of Ruth vary greatly. Two of them show him with a child, one autographing a baseball, one standing in uniform, and one with his first wife. Only one (pictured here) showed Ruth in action. All of the cards had a vertical layout except for No. 3, which shows him with a young child.

The cards are an odd shape measuring less than two inches wide but four inches tall.

George Ruth Candy Company Checklist

Below is a checklist of the entire set. In addition to the captions below, each of the six cards also contains the statement “His Candy Helped Him” at the bottoms.