"Announcing the United States Card Collectors Catalog"- JR Burdick Mar. 1, 1936

[Stonepony]

Well.... It sounds like Burdick soaked cards ( the flour and water easily dissolving reference). If it's ok by Jefferson.....

[Leon]

6 years bump so others can see some roots of where card collecting came from. The history of the hobby is interesting...
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[Yoda]

Whenever I read Mr. Burdick's correspondence , let alone the ACC, I try to remember this was a labor of love, since he suffered so badly from an arthritic spine and was in terrible pain most of his adult life.

Interesting after trading for the T210 Cabrol card last year from the Net54 BST, and now finding out today, that it's mentioned in the JR Burdick correspondence as a discovery at that time to be added to set