Overland Candy - DATE of ISSUE challenge - 1936-1943??

[toppcat]

That Gehrig is super nice for a 10!

[Leon]

Interesting stuff, guys. I never took notice of the different types of these wrappers. None of the four of these (in this post) have the ingredients on them. These are all approximately the same size but the scans aren't. The Appling and maybe the Foxx is trimmed. I am not a condition freak but want them to look decent. The years debate is a good one too. Seems like the dating of R301 might need to be changed in the guides?

[ValKehl]

My only example, "Schoolboy" Rowe, doesn't shed any light on the issue date. But, I would be glad to trade this one for a Washington player in similar condition.
Val

[glchen]

One note from the Fabian Kowalik wrapper in Leon's post. From baseball reference, it seems to point out that wrapper was issued around 1936 since 1936 was Kowalik's last year in the major leagues. In addition, in 1936, he was traded from the Cubs to Philadelphia to Boston (NL). So the "P" on his cap *may* signify the trade to Philadelphia.

[h2oya311]

Gary - thanks for repeating what I said about Kowalik...

Dates are definitely from 1936-1942 at this point...

[glchen]

Originally Posted by h2oya311

Gary - thanks for repeating what I said about Kowalik...

Dates are definitely from 1936-1942 at this point...

Doh, I'm an idiot. Next time, I need to at least finish reading the first post before posting something. And for a while there, I was congratulating myself for my "detective" work!

[oaks1912]

I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned the article written on Overland Candy wrappers by the late Gerry Glasser. This article was published in 1999 in VCBC and was / is the most comprehensive article to date on the issue. Gerry suggested a 1936-1942 range, not necessarily in continuos production. Undoubtedly there have been player and variation additions in the past 14 years based on post-article finds but, to my knowledge / recollection an updated article hasn't been written