Backs Finished! How about a 1916 M101-4/5 "Sporting News/Mendelsohn" Thread

[boneheadandrube]

It appears I do have some of the minutiae from the set...a reversed back! From Reading Todd's article on these it appears these are common on low numbered F&B backs? Is this accurate Todd?

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[nolemmings]

Originally Posted by boneheadandrube

It appears I do have some of the minutiae from the set...a reversed back! From Reading Todd's article on these it appears these are common on low numbered F&B backs? Is this accurate Todd?

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Yes, it is common with Famous and Barr. More precisely, F&B low numbers 1-20 are nearly always found with the ad reading top to bottom like your Crawford. Numbers 21-33 I have only confirmed as reading the other way. Numbers 34-50 have some reading one way, some the other, and some reading either way (including Crawford). After that it's all bottom to top.

[scooter729]

Herpolsheimers have the same issue with some of the backs reversed. I forget the numbering system of how their backs are reversed, but I believe it may be numbered in the same way as the F&B backs have some backs in the opposite direction.

[nolemmings]

Originally Posted by scooter729

Herpolsheimers have the same issue with some of the backs reversed. I forget the numbering system of how their backs are reversed, but I believe it may be numbered in the same way as the F&B backs have some backs in the opposite direction.

You are correct sir. Herpolsheimer #s 1-20 all read top to bottom with the rest going the other direction. Notably, these low numbers all correspond to m101-5, unlike the remainder.
Block & Kuhl low #s 1-20 also align like the Herpolsheimers, with the low numbers matching m101-5 and the rest m101-4, but the ads of the low number B&Ks can run either way.
Confused yet?

[ValKehl]

I'm enjoying this informative thread with lots of eye candy. Shown below is an example for each of the ad backs I have. I don't have a Mall Theatre or most of the back-printing variations. I'm always looking for WaJo with any of the backs I don't have of him (I have a few not shown below). Sorry, but I lack the PC skill to display these in a compact form, as the OP and some others have done. Because of this, it's taken two posts to show them all.

[Casey2296]

Fantastic Peckinpaugh Val.

[ValKehl]

Thanks, Phil. Here's a continuation of my prior post:

[boneheadandrube]

Here you go Val

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