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Originally Posted by samosa4u
It's interesting that the Americans were using rollers to make their tobacco cards, such as the T206s. In Canada, stone lithography was used to make the first hockey cards. Below is a picture of the C56 cards - the first hockey set issued here in Canada:
And do you guys want to know something crazy? One of the actual stones that was used to manufacture these cards was discovered here recently! Here it is:
I don't think anyone knows the name of the company that was hired by Imperial Tobacco Ltd. to make these cards, but they were also doing things for other companies as well. |
That would be one of the masters that they would print the transfers from.