‘It’s In The Details’ Title American Sweets Knockout Bubble Gum (NX5) Year 1938 Size 2 1/2″ x 3″ Images Color Type Gum Number in Set 40 (?) 1938 American Sweets Knockout Bubble Gum Overview These cards were issued by American Sweets, Inc. out of the Philippines. According to this Net54 post, only 40 cards are known. More, however, were supposed
‘It’s In The Details’ Title Milhoff / De Reszke Famous Golfers Year 1928 Size 1 3/8″ x 2 5/8″ Images Black and White Type Tobacco Number in Set 50 1928 Millhoff / De Reszke Famous Golfers Overview This set included 27 cards picturing famous golfers, as indicated by the title. The cards were distributed by J. Millhoff & Company, Ltd.
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Sunny South Series (N157) Year c. 1888 Size 2 3/8″ x 4″ Images Sepia Type 19th Century Tobacco Number in Set 16 (?) 1888 Sunny South Series (N157) Overview These cards are similar to other 19th Century tobacco cards in their appearance. The subjects feature African Americans in various activities. The series is cataloged as
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Dainty Series Sports Silhouettes Year 1920s (?) Size 3 5/16″ x 5 1/4″ Images Black Ink Type Game Cards Number in Set 24 Dainty Series Sports Silhouettes Set Overview This interesting set of cards is actually a party game. The cards are uniquely designed featuring silhouettes of generic athletes. Each card front includes a silhouette
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Godfrey Phillips Lawn Tennis Year 1930 Size 1 1/2″ x 2 5/8″ Images Black and White Type Tobacco Number in Set 25 1930 Godfrey Phillips Lawn Tennis Overview This 25-card set gave collectors tips on how to play the sport of tennis. Instead of featuring individual players with biographies on their career, the series showed
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title B. Morris & Sons Golf Strokes Year 1923 Size 1 1/2″ x 2 5/8″ Images Black and White Type Tobacco Number in Set 25 1923 B. Morris & Sons Golf Strokes Overview These cards were distributed by London tobacco company, B. Morris and Sons, Ltd. with Morris’s High-Grade Cigarettes product. Issued in 1923, these cards
Read moreThe 1940s Centennial Flour sets (1943, 1944, 1945, 1947) featured the Seattle Rainiers baseball team
Read moreSeries E Checklist Below is a checklist for this series. Any sports cards are indicated with the name of the subject’s particular sport in parentheses. Florrie Forde The Two Bells Madge Lessing Cissy Fitzgerald Migard Mitzi-Dalti Saharet Pernyn Florence Miller Nellie O’Neill Minerva Lee Helen Lord Lucille Griffin Kate Uart Marguerita Sylva Deberio Flora Hengler Grayce Scott La Cavalieri Annie
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Rose Marie Chokladen Year 1930s Size Images Black and White Type Candy/Gum Number in Set 100 (?) 1930s Rose Marie Chokladen Overview This rare issues comes to collectors from Sweden. It is the product of a company called Rose Marie Chokladen, which was a candy company. A black and white picture of an athlete is
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Godfrey Phillips Spot the Winner Year 1937 Size 1 1/2 x 2 5/8″ Images Color Type Tobacco Number in Set 50 1937 Godfrey Phillips Spot the Winner Overview This set featured athletes in an interesting tobacco card set. Packaged with tobacco company Godfrey Phillips’ products, this set of 50 cards displayed athletes from a variety
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Tobacco Products Corporation of Canada Sports Champions (C140) Year 1924 Size 1 3/8″ x 2 5/8″ Images Black and White Type Canadian Number in Set 45 1924 Tobacco Products Corporation of Canada Sports Champions Overview This rare set features athletes in a variety of sports. In all, a total of 45 cards were printed in
Read more‘It’s In The Details’ Title Marsuma Golf Year 1914 Size 1 1/2″ x 2 5/8″ Images Black and White Type Tobacco Number in Set 50 1914 Marsuma Golf Overview This interesting series is unidentifiable from the fronts to collectors not familiar with them as no text is present. The cards are only identified on the backs as an issue from
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