Show your favorite Pre-War add/advertising back
 

I love that this was only given out at in 1909, in Philly, at a store when you bought a hot cocoa (e92 Crofts cocoa). Show your favorite pre war advertisement (on a card or stand alone)

Croft's Cocoa
 

Don't know if they are my most favorite but they are very cool. Then add a bit of a twist and it's a little better for me.

https://luckeycards.com/e92magee.jpg

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WTF is a "Noisy Nose Blower" and in what universe would a parent want a kid to have it? And what parent wants their kid to get a knife or cigar? "Charlie Chaplin Squirter"? There's an image I can't un-imagine.

This is great Adam. I wonder what the most claimed prize was. Reminds me of the crap you get at the dentist from the “prize drawer”

Mine used to hand out Jolly Rancher candies; he was no dummy.

My favorite is a tie between these two:

Always liked the T226 boxers back

https://qualitycards.com/pictures/1215884053.jpg
https://qualitycards.com/pictures/1215884053b.jpg

I love this design, both front and back. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...bc35fd78ac.jpg

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Crofts Cocoa
 

Ryan,

Glad to see that other collectors appreciate Croft's Cocoas as much as I do.

Here are a couple of cool advertising signs to go along with the card that you posted.

Scott

I actually like ad backs in general pretty cool to see what was "big" and "Current" back then

But my favorite is from the back of 1 of my Joe Jackson Cards which is also 1 of Val's from an earlier post

Jeff, of all the great cards in your collection, your H-to-H of Joe Jax is the one I most covet, one reason being that Holmes Bakery was located in Wash., DC, and I have lived in the VA suburbs of DC all of my life.

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I really like the E94 overprints.

Andy

I don't own any of these, but here are some examples.

Agree with Croft's Cocoa.

https://www.net54baseball.com/pictur...ictureid=16138

These two are high on my list as well.

https://www.net54baseball.com/pictur...ictureid=18324
https://www.net54baseball.com/pictur...ictureid=16129

These.

Ed, very nice group of backs! Interestingly, both the fronts and backs of the E222 A.W.H. Caramel cards were issued in different colors.

E92 Crofts Red Back
 

Great thread guys...always liked these...wish I still had a few...Jerry

That's a nice one Jerry.

Here's another of my favorite pre-war ad backs.

Jerry, I guess I might agree with you, and no offense, but I'm pretty glad you don't :p I think all of the E92 backs are great except Dockman.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...892a81ee_h.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/4439/3...87141052_b.jpg
https://live.staticflickr.com/4581/2...9c181fd1_b.jpg

Love all the interesting ad backs. Here are three that have not been posted yet.

It would be very hard to rank the rest of my top 10, but #1 is an easy call for me.

DJ
 

You're killing me DJ!!...love the Cullivan, Crofts Cocoa, Nadja, and Cafe du Monde too...Jerry

Kotton + Victory
 

And Kotton and Victory too...Jerry

Mello mint

Here is your Mello Mint, and a Clememt Bros for good measure (bc you don’t see them often)

Show your favorite Pre-War add/advertising back
 

these are more common but my favorites :-) (T201; T218; T227):

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I love the back of this 1895 Wills card of a soldier, and the backs of the 1909 Wills Cricketers set. The fronts are great too.

Oh Man, how could I forget.... My other favorite, beside the Crofts Cocoa..... a T215 Pirate!

Hey Ryan

Love your "PIRATE" card.


Here are three of my favorite pre-war backs......

http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t...awfordcobb.jpg http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t...awfordcobb.jpg


https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...sMcGraw50b.jpg https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...mintchance.jpg

https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...tsMcGraw50.jpg . . https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...lloMintx50.jpg



TED Z

T206 Reference
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Broad Leaf 350 narrowly beats out Carolina Brights and Brown Hindu for me.

those Pirate backs are really cool looking

Sporting News

Lot of cool ad backs so far. Here is one I like that hasn't been shown - the 1909 Obak.

Brian

Not great from a design standpoint, but this Haffner's card has a fun back. Who can deny the appeal of a 'Big-Tayto-Loaf'?

Brian

A few of my favs...

I don't think these M116 backs have been shown yet:

M101-2
 

I forgot about this one. Definitely one of my faves....

I'm not sure if the Lash's Bitters count in this thread but I would love to own one of these.

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This was the first back that I thought of as soon as I saw the thread. Still have yet to add one, but it will happen eventually.

i think the purple ink on the Drum's makes them very unique

Time to give this interesting thread a friendly bump to the top.

Four more of my favorite pre-war backs......


http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...igpackt206.jpg------https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...obbBat25xx.jpg


https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...onmatty75x.jpghttps://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...nmatty75xb.jpg


http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...UZITxSGC30.jpg . http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...loveUZITxb.jpg


https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...Doolan25xB.jpg https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...3Doolan25x.jpg



TED Z

T206 Reference
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T107 has a nice back:

And the 2 tougher backs in T68 are among my favorites. T68 was probably the costliest of the ATC/ALC/Brett backs to produce, seems like a lot of effort for little gain to coat the back with their silver application:

Not my favorites (although I do like them a lot, especially Mother's Bread), but two more backs not yet posted - D303

Love these three but Standard Biscuit is my favorite.

Oh crap, Ryan. Now I'm going to be looking for 1916 Mother's Bread cards. As if I don't have enough problems . . .

Lol. They are tough! I too am partial to Standard Biscuits

Here's another one I've always gotten a kick out. W554 where they couldn't spell. Not my card, but if anyone has one I'd be interested.

Mothers' Bread is a great one, tied with Red Cross for me.
But I love the vibrant red... And this Lajoie has an amazing fiery sunset.

I have always liked the look of the Tom Barker game cards (it is much nicer than the back of its kissing cousin National Game cards in my opinion). A person could, if squinting the brain at just the proper angle, identify this as an ad back...the back serves as an advertisement for the Tom Barker Baseball Game.

Brian (card back not mine, but surprisingly the front that is not shown is mine. I think I just over-squinted my brain).

That's a great one Steve...Jerry

M110

Here is another (very rare) playing card back. I will show the front in the May pick ups thread one I get the card in hand.

Awesome thread and great to see all the advertising backs. Lou Gertenrich is absolutely one of my favorites. Been looking for the Ruth holding bird for years.

Wow Ryan...not only will it be a one of a kind card, but I am thinking it might just be a big name star too. Congrats, a great pickup even if it is just a common player.

Brian

This E102 caramel card does not technically have an ad back (if it did identify the manufacturer on the back, then for crying out loud we would know who put out this set!), but it does have a neat cascading of player's names on its checklist. I always wondered about the decision to unequally place 11 names on top, 9 in middle and 5 on the bottom. I would guess it was due to length of player's names/teams...?

Brian (not mine)

Steve

Your T215-2 RED CROSS Lajoie is stunning. It isn't often that the condition of any RED CROSS cards are as nice-looking as your's.


Here's my one and only RED CROSS card (a T215-1)......

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TED Z

T206 Reference
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Thanks, Ted! Clean back not, I love 'em all... Including the ones with paper loss and number notations on the back. :)

Here are two of my favorite T-cards of Hal Chase. The T216 is a real "toughie". And, the T213-3 is his last T-card (issued in 1919).


https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...ottonchase.jpg https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...ottonchase.jpg

https://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...type3chase.jpghttps://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan...pe3chasebk.jpg



TED Z

T206 Reference
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Another game card with a nice 'back'. Of these two 1913 Nap Lajoie game cards, aesthetically I prefer the blue version, which seems to possess a crisper photo image, but the red is nice too.

I like vintage cards...I guess I am not too picky. Blank back cards are some of my favorites.

Brian (cards not mine)

This would probably be my favorite. I'd really like to get an example with the coupon offer for premiums one of these days...


https://www.collectorfocus.com/image.../80768/purtell

Close second...

https://www.collectorfocus.com/image...us/80767/clark

Here's an interesting and unusual ad back that hasn't been shown yet:

I wonder how many of these prizes the Chas. Gross & Co. actually gave out:

Holy Moly, Val. Awesome.