
12-02-2024, 09:41 AM
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David Bussell
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Join Date: Nov 2024
Location: D.C. Metro
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Originally Posted by Spike
Good to see more of the 1920s strip sets on here! I've looked at a lot of sports and non-sport strip sets of that era. One company (Universal Toy & Novelty Co.) appears to be who created several, and they first focused on actors, boxers, and baseball. Later, they added US presidents and more. If you're a reader, I went after how the ACC could classify these strips, based on what Burdick wrote about W500 cards in hits time and what's better-known about these cards today.
https://www.number5typecollection.co...hollywood.html
Here's one scarce strip issue I'd love to see more of, as they share the handwritten lettering style of Universal Toy, and could date to 1922-24, given their art style and ink colors. Anyone else have some in this reddish cultural style?
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really interesting spike. i really like the one on the left. it looks like it could be a design from a book!
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