First time I've seen these: 1930 Blue Ribbon Malt

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Posted By: John W

Issued in 1930, these are 5"x7" b&W photos mounted on a heavy gray cardboard backing (cabinetesque). Love the wacky stuff!

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Posted By: leon

I like obscure things too. What I really like too, are the things that go with the obscure cards...

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Posted By: Jeff Mohler

John, those are really neat photos/cards!

Frank Ward's website says these photos were cut from a large poster. Maybe they were also available as individual cards directly from the company, kind of like the gold medal flour/wheaties R313A set?

Bring the along to Reading if you can.

Jeff

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Posted By: john

Leon,

very cool!

Jeff,

See ya at Reading. Where are you going to be?

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Posted By: Marty Ogelvie

Blue Ribbon Malt could be used to bake alot of pastries but I have to think that it was used primarily to brew your own BEER especially during prohibition..

Would they have been shipped in Leon's envelope??

martyOgelvie

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Posted By: Phil Garry

I think those might have been hand cut from a larger piece and mounted on the gray backing by a collector for display purposes. I doubt that they were issued like that originally.

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Posted By: Rhys

They were issued just like that and they have bever been cut. The ones issued in the poster form should not be listed in the baseball card price guide individually since they are just a poster. However, these were a premium issue similar to the Sawyer Biscuits and are very rare and were issued on the gray background just as shown, and they are real high quality photos adhered to the backing. They have been known for years and are listed in the Standard Catalog (although undervalued for their scarcity) where they show and describe the gray mount.

Rhys

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Posted By: leon

I am unfamiliar with the first ones posted but the cards that came in the envelopes are like this...

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Posted By: Rhett Yeakley

The photos used on the premiums above are the same as those found on the "poster" but the poster photos all vary in size from each other (unlike the mounted photos). I agree that it is wierd that the poster is listed in the SCD with individual prices as it is just a cut up poster, and wasn't intended to be cut up. Anyways here is one of the posters that ended a few days ago on ebay, you can really the cropping difference the best when comparing the Cuyler & Hornsby photos shown above and the photos from the poster.
-Rhett

Ebay auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=290259611660&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=019" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=290259611660&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=019

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Posted By: Tim Newcomb

This beautiful set has been one of my little secret loves for a long time. The 1930 Cubs is the largest group. There is also a 1930 White Sox set identical in design which is even tougher to find. I'm not sure the checklist is even complete on those. they are so scarce.

Leon's post pictures a 1931, which contained only three players, I believe, and has the caption at the bottom.

It's too bad the poster cutouts have been presented more prominently than these gray-backed photos, since (as an earlier poster mentioned) they are not really cards at all, any more than cut up 4-in-1 Exhibits. The large-format photos should get more respect (and should go up dramatically in price -- just after I complete my set:) )

I'm looking for a few Cubs and many White Sox if anyone has any to sell!

Tim

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Posted By: Rhys

Tim

These came from a collection I bought and my remaining cards for sale are still on the BST section near the bottom of the first page if you need any of the 7 I still have.

Rhys

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Posted By: Greg Theberge

Glad to see Marty's post. He hit the nail right on the head. Theoretically at the time (i.e. prohibition), malt production was also done for "medicinal"/tonic purposes.

Along the same lines, the Yuengling brewery operated a dairy during Prohibition to stay alive. I do believe these are your Yungling Ice Cream cards.

greg

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