Felix Mendelsohn & M101-4 and M101-5

[BobC]

Originally Posted by nolemmings

You might want to call them 1916 Felix Mendelsohn. Not to muddy the waters, but technically Mendelsohn is responsible for the 1917 sets as well. Although nearly all of them have their own ACC designation, Merchant's Bakery and blank-backs do not (it is not accurate to call them E135 blank backs).

The 1917-20 Felix Mendelsohn set is easy to differentiate from all the earlier sets due to the size of the cards/photos. They are closer to postcard size, and not the M101-4/M101-5 card sizes. And many of these 1917-20 cards/photos do have the Felix Mendelsohn company initials actually on the cards/photos themselves, unlike the M101-4/M101-5 type card sets that have no indication of being produced/printed by Felix Mendelsohn on them at all. Again, probably a big reason why the 1917-20 photos/cards are now most often referred to as THE Felix Mendelsohn set, but not the earlier issued cards with no Felix Mendelsohn references on them at all. But as already stated, all of these cards/photos were produced/printed by the Felix Mendelsohn company, so referring to them all as Felix Mendelsohn's is not inaccurate.

[nolemmings]

Originally Posted by BobC

The 1917-20 Felix Mendelsohn set is easy to differentiate from all the earlier sets due to the size of the cards/photos. They are closer to postcard size, and not the M101-4/M101-5 card sizes. And many of these 1917-20 cards/photos do have the Felix Mendelsohn company initials actually on the cards/photos themselves, unlike the M101-4/M101-5 type card sets that have no indication of being produced/printed by Felix Mendelsohn on them at all. Again, probably a big reason why the 1917-20 photos/cards are now most often referred to as THE Felix Mendelsohn set, but not the earlier issued cards with no Felix Mendelsohn references on them at all. But as already stated, all of these cards/photos were produced/printed by the Felix Mendelsohn company, so referring to them all as Felix Mendelsohn's is not inaccurate.

I was referring to what people commonly know as E135 Collins-McCarthy, H801 Boston Store, D328 Weil Baking and D350-2 Standard Biscuit. These 1917 cards all came from Mendelsohn, and so could be listed as 1917 Felix Mendelsohn with subsets if so desired. In that case, though, you would want to differentiate the m101-6 set, which as noted is completely different from the others and had multiple years of production.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by nolemmings

I was referring to what people commonly know as E135 Collins-McCarthy, H801 Boston Store, D328 Weil Baking and D350-2 Standard Biscuit. These 1917 cards all came from Mendelsohn, and so could be listed as 1917 Felix Mendelsohn with subsets if so desired. In that case, though, you would want to differentiate the m101-6 set, which as noted is completely different from the others and had multiple years of production.

Sorry then, my bad. When you just mentioned 1917, I thought you might be referring to what was once known as the M101-6 set. See, just shows how confusing these sets can be. LOL

And yes, the M101-6 set is the 1917-20 Felix Mendelsohn larger size set. Definitely different and unique from all the other mentioned sets. I always figured they used the M101-6 reference since at one time it was thought the set was somehow issued by the Sporting News, since that was how these cards/photos were marketed and being sold through the Sporting News magazines. Most of the other M101 set references (such as the M101-1, M101-2, M101-9, etc.) do specifically refer to Sporting News issued sets, and thus the initial confusion and erroneous designation of the 1917-20 Felix Mendelsohn set as an M101-6 Sporting News related set is somewhat understandable and explainable.

Great cards and sets, though often confusing and not always understood as to their origins.

[cubman1941]

Thanks for a great discussion, as always, I learned a lot from our Net54 people.

Jeff, I don't have many but here are a few.

Archer is trimmed and one is Standard Biscut, The Zeider is Herpolsheimer.

[mrreality68]

Love it and thanks for sharing

especially like Jim Vaughn