cards of great historical figures

[G1911]

Just picked this one up for my E6 set, with the more common ad back.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Perhaps an unlikely place to find the first card of the famous newsman.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Three more and I'll have Seven Gables. Oh never mind.

[theshowandme]

anyone have some da Vinci for me before the 1952 Topps set?

[Bill77]

Fun story with these. So, I won the full 1937 Coronation set on September 10th. The seller shipped within a couple of days from Australia. Weeks go by and the cards never show up, until November 16th when the seller contacts me to tell me the cards came back to him. After verifying my address, he sends them back out. After a few weeks go by I give up hope of getting the cards for the 2nd time and decide that if they end up with the seller again, I will tell him to relist them. On December 23rd the cards finally arrived, a Christmas miracle.

[G1911]

Bought a full tan back set at a show today after my main local dealer offered me a happy price. Mao is the funniest card in the set, the depiction is so over the top it's hard to take serious. I'm not even sure what the red ape holding Aladdin's sword has to do with the propaganda of Mao here. It's a pretty popular card, probably for the absurdity of it. Usually only beaters go under $50. The yellow lines are regularly recurring in those two spots.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Mao is a similar color to the Wicked Witch, yes? I think the animal is just symbolic of violence and bloody aggression, but I dunno. As you say, an absurd card.

[Arazi4442]

Originally Posted by theshowandme

anyone have some da Vinci for me before the 1952 Topps set?

Here’s a pre-1900 da Vinci from the German Stollwerck ser, along with Michaelangelo.

(Oh, and sorry for bidding you up on the Brando, Peter)

[G1911]

History T cards are a lot cheaper than athletes. These are T175's, cut from the packaging of the cigarettes in between the 2 great tobacco card periods. Fitzhugh Lee was the nephew of R.E. Lee, and lived a fascinating life in his own right. Lodge was one of the more significant figures in the senate for decades. Sampson and Schley appeared in T68, and Schley in T118 as an arctic explorer for his relief expeditions as well. Admiral Schlei of the baseball issues received his nickname from this Schley. Chang is a clue that the "Heroes of the Spanish War" title this set goes by today is not exactly correct. Some of the subjects seem to be from the Boxer Rebellion. Some of the cards have commas after their names, but no subsequent title listed. Oops.