Scrapps 1888

[drc]

The are scaps, scraps being die cut figures that kids collected and often put into albums in the 1800s. Scraps can be animals, flowers, pirates, etc. These happen to be baseball players. So scraps is a large genre.

[drc]

See the article: The Victorian Scrap

[barrysloate]

Greg- I was just looking at the October pickups thread, and saw that the Scrapps you got (nice card) is in an SGC holder which reads "Scrapps Tobacco." They really should change that title as it is an error. No connection to a tobacco product has ever been demonstrated.

[Matthew H]

Is there an image of the intact scrapps sheet somewhere?

[barrysloate]

If memory serves, REA had the uncut strip. I would check their archives, hopefully it's there.

My memory has not served me well. I realized this morning that REA had instead a set of 19th century generic diecuts in its original form. It wasn't a sheet of Scrapps. So I stand corrected.

[aquarius31]

Well I guess these may be the closest thing to an uncut strip of Scrapps!!

I wonder if some of the attached ones can shed some light on how they were distributed given the "H.D.S. & Co" tab along with others showing "H&S" and numbered tabs.

http://www.memorylaneinc.com/site/cats.asp?catid=13

[deadballera]

here is a few..

picked up the Latham from an antique store for $3.00. (written correctly)

[Joe_G.]

Originally Posted by aquarius31

Well I guess these may be the closest thing to an uncut strip of Scrapps!!

I wonder if some of the attached ones can shed some light on how they were distributed given the "H.D.S. & Co" tab along with others showing "H&S" and numbered tabs.

http://www.memorylaneinc.com/site/cats.asp?catid=13

Those are some beautiful Scrapps in Memory Lanes last offering. Interesting to see some of them still attached. The ~$2500 for Hanlon and Thompson must be a new record price. Despite being a 19th century Detroit collector and Scrapps being semi attractive, I've yet to collect them. Maybe some day.