collecting cards
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Cards issued singly or in sets since the 19th century, primarily to be collected, bearing a wide variety of types of images, such as sports figures, movie stars, or flowers. If cards include advertising, use also "advertising cards"; if cards accompany a product, use also "premiums." For cards bearing tradesmen's advertisements, and sometimes a variety of images, produced from the 17th through the 19th century, use also "trade cards."
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
ESCO Boxing Exhibit Cards Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSSP10093
Scope and Contents
This collection includes more than 300 exhibit cards featuring images of boxers. Cards are the size of postcards. The fronts of most cards contain an image of a boxer with his name and sometimes other information like hometown, nicknames, etc. The backs of cards from the 1920s often contain short bios and/or selected match results, and many have a postcard back for mailing. Some of the cards from the 1920s are tinted in different colors. Many cards, especially those printed after 1928,...
Dates:
1921-1960s
John H. Bracey, Jr. Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 10064
Scope and Contents
The John H. Bracey, Jr. Collection comprises 27 boxes of materials containing professional files for John Bracey. Materials include but are not limited to professional papers, drafts, correspondence, publications, bulletins, reports, lecture notes, financial records, and administrative files. Additionally, Bracey collected ephemera and kept subject files on various topics throughout his career. Significant topics include Jesse Jackson’s Presidential campaign, the Caribbean, Malcolm X,...
Dates:
1816-2022
Spalding Die Cut Sports Advertising Stand-Ups
Collection
Identifier: MSSP10174
Content Description
This collection contains a complete set of five cardboard die-cut Spalding Sporting Goods advertising stand-ups from 1896 demonstrating men and women athletes wearing Spalding apparel and using Spalding equipment. Three of the items exhibit paper loss on the back. Each of the displays is about 5 inches tall and between three and four inches wide. Sports represented are bicycling (woman); baseball (man); tennis (woman); football (man); and golf (man). This set of advertisements is cataloged...
Dates:
1896
Stars of the Mat by Al Haft Wrestling Trading Cards
Collection
Identifier: MSSP_10205
Content Description
This collection consists of one set of "Stars of the Mat" promotional wrestling trading cards issued by professional wrestling promoter Al Haft in about 1954. The set consist of 20 trading cards of different professional wrestlers, including both men and women wrestlers. Each card measures approx. 3.5 x 2.25 inches with rounded corners. The wrapper advertises televised pro wrestling on WLW Channel 4 in Columbus, Dayton, and Cincinnati. Formats include trading cards.
Dates:
1954