"Announcing the United States Card Collectors Catalog"- JR Burdick Mar. 1, 1936

[h2oya311]

Thanks for posting Leon! I got a kick out of the letter using the phrase "here's the dope on...."

[Leon]

Since Mr. Burdick took a loss on the above mentioned Card Collectors Bulletin project eleven of his friends took up a collection......Dec 1940......

[buymycards]

Interesting reading. I can't imagine the amount of work that went into this catalog.

One thing is curious. On the first letter he used the number 1. On the other letters he substituted the letter I for the 1. I wonder if his typewriter was broken?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by buymycards

Interesting reading. I can't imagine the amount of work that went into this catalog.

One thing is curious. On the first letter he used the number 1. On the other letters he substituted the letter I for the 1. I wonder if his typewriter was broken?

He was industrious so I wouldn't put it past him to improvise a 1 with a capital I. Many of his letters posted are written on backs of Card Collectors Bulletins pages.

[Stonepony]

Well.... It sounds like Burdick soaked cards ( the flour and water easily dissolving reference). If it's ok by Jefferson.....

[Leon]

6 years bump so others can see some roots of where card collecting came from. The history of the hobby is interesting...
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[Yoda]

Whenever I read Mr. Burdick's correspondence , let alone the ACC, I try to remember this was a labor of love, since he suffered so badly from an arthritic spine and was in terrible pain most of his adult life.