[Johnphotoman]

I did some digging into the American Card Catalog, but I am still a bit confused. In the context of the American Card Catalog, "W" designates as strip cards or exhibit cards/postcards. But Jefferson Burdick, the author of the American Card Catalog, originally used this category for "album" cards, which encompassed a broader range. I'm still not sure what that covers.

I look up album cards-"album cards" typically refer to photocards, or small, collectible cards featuring images of the artists, that are randomly included within album packages. So how did “W” get the designates of strip cards, exhibit cards and postcards.

I ask this question because of the Hopalong Cassidy cards. Hopalong Cassidy Bond Bread cards were printed by Topps, not to be confused with Topps Hopalong Cassidy cards: Topps issued their own set of the 1950 Topps Hopalong Cassidy cards. Which had 230 cards in the set and eight print foil cards into their packs. The set is divided into ten different stories. The fronts feature photographs from the show and the backs have descriptions of the episodes. Topps Bond Bread were issued in Bond Bread and had Bond Bread advertising on them.

Anyway, which destination does the Bond Bread cards get, I say “D” because they are Bakery cards. But I have seen them as W cards, which makes no sense. I just do not understand the “W” designation on any cards. This all leads me into my next post. John