1920s Weber Baking Mystic Colored Pictures Set (D134) and Checklist
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Title | Weber Baking Mystic Colored Pictures (D134) |
Year | 1920s |
Size | 3 1/8″ x 5 5/8″ |
Images | Color |
Type | Bakery |
Number in Set |
50 (?) |
1920s Weber Baking Mystic Colored Pictures Set (D134) Overview
This unique set features color pictures with a focus on hidden images in them.
The cards were distributed by Irvington, N.J. based Weber Baking for their Pullman and Onist Milk Bread products. Cards were packaged with those loaves of bread for only a two-month period. The short duration of their distribution helps explain their rarity today. Weber called these ‘Mystic Colored Pictures’ at the tops of the back of the cards.
The cards are cataloged today as D134 but that classification was not mentioned in the American Card Catalog. The cards, apparently, were unknown to that book’s author, Jefferson Burdick, at the time.
The set mostly featured mythical figures from fairy tales but also had some generic subjects as well. These large cards are close to postcard-sized. Fronts included a color picture along with a description at the bottom of the scene and the object to be found. The hidden images were sketched items hidden in the backgrounds on the cards. The images were drawn by the Apt. Litho Company of New York. Backs included the Weber name as well as the bread name and the distribution time period. The cards are not numbered.
While most of the cards are not sports-related there are handful of cards that feature sports, including baseball, golf, and to a lesser degree, hunting. The baseball and golf cards are obviously the feature.
It should be noted that while I have been able to catalog 50 cards in this set, it is unknown if that comprises the complete set. Prior checklisting efforts elsewhere have included fewer cards.
1920s Weber Baking Mystic Colored Pictures Set (D134) Checklist
- Aladdin
- Beauty and the Beast
- Black Sheep
- Camel
- Cat and the Fiddle
- Chickens with Golden Eggs
- Cinderella
- Crooked Man
- Dog Chasing Cat
- Fox and the Squirrel
- Ginger Boy Brown
- Golf with Lost Caddy (Golf)
- Goosey, Goosey Gander
- Hansel and Gretel
- Hit and Run (Baseball)
- House that Jack Built
- Humpty Dumpty
- Jack and the Beanstalk
- Jack and Jill (catching a frog)
- Jack and Jill (up the hill)
- Jack Spray’s Pig
- Lion and the Mouse
- Little Boy Blue
- Little Jack Horner
- Little Jonny (sp.) Wade
- Little Red Riding Hood
- Man Hunting Ducks
- Man Hunting in the Jungle
- Mary and the Lamb
- Mermaids
- Mouse and the Clock
- Old King Cole
- Old Mother Hubbard
- Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
- Pat-a-Cake / Baker’s Man
- (Peter) Pan
- Peter Pumpkin Eater
- Pied Piper
- Queen of Hearts
- Rip Van Winkle
- Robinson Crusoe
- Rockabye Baby
- Sheriff
- Simple Simon
- Sing a Song of Sixpence
- Three Bears
- Three Indians
- Tom the Piper’s Son
- Tortoise and the Hare
- Young Prince (and Sleeping Beauty)
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