World Wide Gum Vs. Goudey

[brianp-beme]

In Jason's article I linked, he had various theories about the English only and the French/English backs. Of the three theories put forward I like the third one the best:

French-English was produced for areas with large francophone populations (Quebec, New Brunswick) while English was produced for predominantly anglophone areas.

In my opinion this makes sense because of the placement of the French writeup on top, and the English below. This French/English version also would have likely been produced after the English version, as suggested by one of his other theories, based upon the need to translate the English text.

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I do like the French/English versions. On Lou's 1933 card his writeup just sounds so sophisticated and exotic in French. My favorite line is "Quel frappeur!" which is written as "What a hitter!" in the language more of us know. Also in French it sounds like a seasonal drink at Starbucks, which of course would be ordered as "I would like a Venti size Quel Frappeur with almond milk, extra whip please."


Brian

[Stampsfan]

All WWG cards across the sphere that have both English Only and Bi-lingual backs (hockey, baseball, and non-sport) are that way for all cards. I have yet to see or read about any that were only printed with one type of backs.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Stampsfan

All WWG cards across the sphere that have both English Only and Bi-lingual backs (hockey, baseball, and non-sport) are that way for all cards. I have yet to see or read about any that were only printed with one type of backs.

Thanks...good to know, and from a trusted within the hobby AND north of the border source.

Brian

[ChiSoxTony]

Originally Posted by Stampsfan

All WWG cards across the sphere that have both English Only and Bi-lingual backs (hockey, baseball, and non-sport) are that way for all cards. I have yet to see or read about any that were only printed with one type of backs.

Now I definitely need to find a WWG English-only back Lyons card and, if it exists, an English-only back 1934 Appling. If anyone has either to sell, reach out to me.


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[Tom S.]

According to the Standard Catalog of Vintage Baseball Cards, the 1933 WWG cards were printed with either an English only or a French/English reverse. The 1934 cards only came with a bilingual back.

Here are my examples:

[brianp-beme]

Curse me...I should stick to cards produced south of the Canada/United States border. But I still should have known that the 1934 WWG set only comes with the French/English back.

Bilingual only does make sense for the 1934 WWG set...those Canadians had plenty of time to translate the English text, since the first 48 cards in the 96 card 1934 World Wide Gum set (numbers 1 to 48) are from the 1933 Goudey set, while the second group of 48 cards (numbers 49 to 96) are card numbers 1-48 in the 1934 Goudey set. Perhaps in 1934 they determined they could issue just the bilingual version for the whole country, and easily translate the first 48 1934 Goudey cards after their production.

Brian