Cards
Cards listed here include advertising cards (often called trade cards), baseball cards, playing cards, and others. Color photographs were rare in the nineteenth century, so companies gave away colorful cards with pictures of children, flowers, products, or related scenes that promoted the company name. These were often collected and stored in albums. Baseball cards also date from the nineteenth century when they were used by tobacco companies as giveaways. Gum cards were started in 1933, but it was not until after World War II that the bubble gum cards favored today were produced. Valentine greeting cards were hand painted in the mid 1800s and were made entirely by machine by the end of the 19th century. Today over 1,000 cards are issued each year by the gum companies. Related items may be found in the Christmas, Halloween, Movie, Paper, and Postcard categories.
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Category Pattern or Item Description Year Priced Cards Greeting Valentine, Pinocchio, Die Cut, Mechanical, 1939 1996 Cards Greeting Valentine, Snow White, Die Cut, Mechanical, 1938 1996 Cards Greeting Valentine, 8-pointed Rosette, 8 Romantic Verses, 1820s, 13 In. 1999 Cards Greeting Valentine, Mechanical, 1920s 1999 Cards Greeting Valentine, Watercolor, Ink & Cutout, Leafy Buds, Blossoms, 12 1/8 In. 1999 Cards Greeting Anniversary, To My Wife, Blondie & Dagwood, Folded, Hallmark, 1943 2000 Cards Greeting Birthday, Dr. Who By Tardis, In Original Bag, Denis Alan Print, 1970s 2000 Cards Greeting Happy New Year, Dewey, Portrait, Ribbon 2000 Cards Greeting Valentine, Baseball, Waiting To Be Called, 1930s, 6 x 4 1/2 In. 2000 Cards Greeting Valentine, Boy & Girl, Heart Balloon, Mechanical, Germany, 1920s 2000 Cards Greeting Valentine, Boy, Girl Holding Golliwog, Mechanical, Germany, 1920s, 2 x 4 In. 2000 Cards Greeting Valentine, Children, Locomotive Ground, 3-d, Germany, 7 x 4 In. 2000 Cards Greeting Valentine, Foldover Card, Votes For Women, Die Cut, 4 x 4 In. 2000 Cards Greeting Valentine, Girl With Phone Body, Mechanical, 1930s, 4 x 3 In. 2000 Cards Greeting Valentine, Heart, Key, Verse, R.f. Outcault, Hanging, 8 1/2 x 9 In. 2000 Cards Greeting Valentine, Poem & Women On Knees, Suffrage 2000 Cards Greeting Valentine, Snow White, 1938 2000 Cards Greeting Valentine, Votes For Women, Little Girl, Casting Her Vote, Embossed 2000 Cards Greeting Adam Scheidt Brewing, Happy New Year, 1919 2001 Cards Greeting Birthday, Hula Dancer, On Beach, 1958, Envelope, Unused 2001 Cards Greeting Chinatown Happy New Year, English & Chinese, San Fran., 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 In. 2001 Cards Greeting Valentine, Black Child, Dice Attached, Mailing Box 2001 Cards Greeting Valentine, Cut Paper, Round Design, Verse, Mennonite, Gilt Frame, 16 In. 2001 Cards Greeting Valentine, Die Cut, Fold-up, Honeycomb Tissue, Germany, 13 x 8 In. 2001 Cards Greeting Valentine, Newspaper Boy, Scalloped, 1919, 6 1/2 x 5 1/4 In. 2001
