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davidcyclebackThey are Victorian scraps. Late 1800s scraps were largely embossed punchouts intended to be put into albums or otherwise decorate things. Scraps include all sorts of subjects, including angels, animals, flowers, snails, birds, etc. They were popularly collected by kids in the later 1800s.
The baesball R & Series and 'Scrapps' are examples of scraps.