Olsen's Base Ball card game connection to E120/V61 cards?
 

Posted By: <b>Joseph</b><p>Saw this on the Yahoo Baseball Games group, hope we can help out here:<br /><br />"Olsen's Base Ball" is a generic game played with cards, variously listed with a 1912 or 1922<br />production date. I've seen two versions. The example I own has no instructions, but the example that surfaced recently (purchased for $1) does, as shown below (along with an upper right study of box & cards). Notice the ad for the cards. These are clearly either the 1922 E120 American Caramel or 1922 V61 Neilson's Chocolates. (note the complete set says 120--so that leans towards Neilsons). <br /><br />I'm hoping someone out there knows the connection between the cards and game, if any.<br /><br /><img src="http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w150/base_ball2007/olsengame.jpg">

Olsen's Base Ball card game connection to E120/V61 cards?
 

Posted By: <b>Rhett Yeakley</b><p>I've never seen that ad before. It probably is selling cards cards from the W573 set. It doesn't really make sense that a card game manufacturer would be selling cards that were sold with a Candy manufacturer on back.<br />-Rhett

Olsen's Base Ball card game connection to E120/V61 cards?
 

Posted By: <b>Kyle</b><p>I've seen that ad in some 1920s Parker Brothers game sets, in particular, Rook.