Yuengling

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Posted By: Bill C.

I know this is a regional issue but would love to see any pics/scans of these cards if you guys have any. Love the beer, why not the cards!?

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Posted By: Frank Evanov

Here you are:





Frank

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Posted By: cmoking

Speaker & Lazzeri



and a related issue - Tharps.

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Posted By: Cat

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

Yuengling's is the oldest Beer brewery (Pottsville, PA) in the US, it's not far from where we live.
During "Prohibition" they converted their brewery into producing Ice Cream. And, in 1928 they
issued these little B/W BB cards premiums. The Babe Ruth card is tough to find, simply because
you could redeem his card for a quart of ice cream.

Also, if you collected all 60 cards in this set, you could redeem them for a gallon of ice cream.
I am really surprised that any of these cards ever stayed in circulation.

TED Z

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Posted By: cmoking

Ted, nice history....were Sweetman's, Harrington's and Tharps in a similar position as Yuenglings? Were they beer companies also?

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Posted By: Bill

Ted-

Thanks for that brief little history on the cards, good info. Whereabout in PA are you located? My brother works in Allentown for 95.1 WZZO, on air DJ.

BTW-You think they'd give me some ice cream if I finish the set and turn it in?

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

We are a little ways south of your brother, along the Delaware River.
I'll have to try and tune in his station....what kind of music is it ?

Perhaps you can redeem the set for a 6-pack of Yuengling's beer.

Best regards,
TED Z

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Posted By: Cat

Sure Bill. I'll send you their address. I don't know if you are aware of this but they changed their address to California. REALLY!!!

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Posted By: Mark Burke

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

I would think it would have been hard to complete a whole set if you had to buy ice cream to get the cards...that's a lot of ice cream and what mother would have gone for that??? I wonder how many stashes of these cards were found over the years from someone intent of putting the set together, but never getting it complete?

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Posted By: fkw

Dan is right, many a time these cards are found in groups on eBay. At least 1-2 times a year Ive seen a half dozen to a dozen of them offered individually in auction by a noncollector who recently discovered them.

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Posted By: Steve Parmentier

These Yuengling cards appear the same as w502 cards. Are these Yuenglings also "strip cards", or are the w502's perhaps not "strip cards" ? The w502's seem pretty well cut, nice and square, like off a sheet. PSA lists the w502's as hand-cut, hmmm.

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Posted By: fkw

Ive never seen a strip of W502s. IMO I believe they are from an anonymous candy or ice cream issue that just didnt put their brand name on the cards. Same thing with the W503 (candy) and W574 (candy?).