Pre-War Cards

Introduction

E-Cards and R-Cards are candy and gum issues. In general, E-Cards are earlier issues dating until around 1930 while R-Cards are after that time.

These issues were typically packaged with children’s products, such as candy, gum, or caramel. While tobacco cards were the primary issues of the early 1900s by the 1910s and 1920s, more candy companies were catching on to the popularity of sports cards among children.

Those issues, of course, paved the way for later sets, such as the Goudey and Topps issues, which became popular in the 1930s and 1950s.

Several candy and gum issues featuring the sport of football are known, although most came later in the pre-war era and were printed in the 1930s. Many early issues feature Hall of Famer Red Grange, who was arguably the game’s biggest star of the pre-war era.

Sets

1920s Amatller Artistas de Cine	1926 Amatller Chocolate Film Stars	1933 C.A. Briggs
1936 Donat Indiana-Sport-Avion	1933-34 Goudey Sport Kings (R338)	1933-34 Goudey Sport Kings Varsity Game (R339)
1933 Goudey Sport Kings Premiums (R340)	Humorous Sporting Series	1935 Klene Gum Shirley Temple
1930s Leader Discs (R79)	1937 Mayfair Candies Touchdown 100 Yards (R343)	1935 National Chicle (R331)
National Chicle Premiums (R311)	Overland All American Football Roll Wrappers	1926 Shotwell Candy Red Grange Set (with Ad Backs)
1926 Shotwell Candy Red Grange Set (Movie Series/Blank Backs)	1933 Sport Packs (R341)	1925/1928 Star Player Candy
1931 Swedish Kanolds Kick-Mint	1940s Walt Disney Comics (R161)

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