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Strip cards were issued in the 1920s as a cheap collectible for kids. Issued in strips of 10 or so or sheets of up to 25 cards, they were meant to be cut apart by the kiddies and played with. Since they are usually on cheap paper stock and were toys, they are typically found in rotten condiion. The low quality of the product also leads to many variations and errors in the finished cards.
What is below is a gallery of various strip card types.
Album by Adam Warshaw. 1 - 132 of 132 Total. 2746 Visits.
1 W Unc Jeffries We start with a rare uncatalogued Jim Jeffries strip card from a sheet of cards drawn from images created for Philadelphia Caramel's E79 and E95 sets.
2 E Unc Jeffries type 2 printed back
3 W Unc Dempsey A set of rare strips that was mostly entertainment cards, there are boxers and baseball players also known. The cards were issued in vertical strips rather than the typical side by side horizontal strips.
4 W-unc Firpo
5 W-Unc Firpo red
6 W-unc Gans
7 W-Unc Gans
8 W-unc Gibbons
9 W-Unc Gibbons
10 W Unc Johnson
11 W-unc Ketchel
12 W Unc Nelson
13 W Unc Sullivan
14 W Unc Willard
15 W Unc Wills
16 W Unc Wolgast
17 W-Unc Fitzsimmons, Young Bob
18 W-Unc Leonard
19 W511 Dempsey and Kearns W511 is a combination of sport and nonsport cards. There are two boxing cards (Firpo ands Dempsey/Kearns) and one baseball card (Babe Ruth). Numbering variations are known as are cropping variations. The cards can come in multiple colors. Blue and red stock cards with black printing have been seen.
20 W511 Firpo variation showing him listed as 'champion'
Of what I have no idea...
21 W511 Firpo #7 variation
22 W511 Firpo #92 variation in purple
23 Decalco Litho set 1 The set has 20 cards and is known with the images either correct or with reversed negatives. A few color variations are known as well.
24 Decalco Litho set 2
25 Decalco Litho set 3
26 Decalco Litho set 4
27 Decalco Litho 1 Dempsey
28 Decalco Litho 2 Gibbons
29 Decalco Litho 3 Herman
30 Decalco Litho 4 Moran
31 W512 41 Dempsey
32 W512 42 Villa
33 W512 43 Dundee
34 W512 44 Tunney 2
35 W512 45 Walker 2
36 W512 46 Firpo 2
37 W512 47 Carpentier
38 W512 48 Leonard
39 W512 49 Goldstein
40 W512 49 Goldstein 2
41 W512 50 Ledoux
42 W512 50 Ledoux 2
43 W515 1 Dempsey
44 W515 2 Siki
45 W515 3 Wills
46 W515 5 Johnson
47 W515 6 Tendler 1
48 W515 6 Tendler 2
49 W515 7 Firpo
50 W515 9 Gibbons
51 W515 10 Greb
52 W515 Strip of 5 uncut
53 W551 Carpentier
54 W551 Dempsey
55 W551 Kilbane
56 W551 Leonard
57 W551 Lynch
58 W551 Villa
59 W551 Walker
60 W551 Wilson
61 W551 Strip Set Here is a full W551 strip. Uncut strips are becoming rarer as people cut them up looking to have them slabbed.
62 W560 Dempsey
63 W560 Heeney
64 W 560 Sharkey
65 W560 Leonard
66 W580 Attell
67 W580 Buff
68 W580 Burke
69 W580 Carpentier
70 W580 Choynski
71 W580 Corbett
72 W580 Corbett Young
73 W580 Cross
74 W580 Dempsey 2
75 W580 Firpo
76 W580 Freeman
77 W580 Griffo
78 W580 Jeffries
79 W580 Johnson
80 W580 Klaus
81 W580 Leonard
82 W580 Lewis
83 W580 Lewis, Ted
84 W580 Lynch
85 W580 maher
86 W580 McFarland
87 W580 McGovern
88 W580 Moran
89 W580 Moran, Pal
90 W580 ODowd
91 W580 Sullivan
92 W580 Tendler
93 W580 white
94 W580 Willard
95 W580 Williams
96 W580 Wolgast
97 W590 Britton
98 W590 Dundee
99 W590 Firpo
100 W590 McTigue
101 W590 Renault
102 W590 Terris
103 W590 Wills
104 ca. 1926 uncut strips of 10 cards Uncatalogued set; uses the same images as the 1st run of Exhibit Blue Boxers
105 ca. 1926 W-Unc. single strip close up of card from prior image
106 W515 1 Dempsey W515 Dempsey. Another ten-card set, I like the art on these. Reminds me of comic book villains from the 1920s and 1930s.
107 W515 6 Tendler 1 This W515 Tendler and the next one show a variation. The set was issued in two formats with one about 20% larger than the other.
108 W515 6 Tendler 2 Note the arms on the two Tendler cards
109 W551 Dempsey W551 Jack Dempsey. A ten-card strip set of boxers, all of the subjects are champions.
110 W565 Leonard 2 W565 Benny Leonard. These cards were issued in sheets of 25 and were meant to be cut out from the sheets and used to play cards.
111 W565 Schwartz-Stribling W565 Izzy Schwartz and Young Stribling. The bottom row of cards on W565 sheets does not match the playing card format of the rest of the cards.
112 W565 Hudkins
113 W565 Singer
114 W529-1 7 Leonard 7 W529-1 Leonard
115 W529-2 7 Leonard
116 W529-3 4 Leonard 4 W529-3 Leonard
117 W529-4 53 Leonard W529-4 Leonard
118 W529-5 53 Leonard W529-5 Leonard
119 W529-6 Leonard
120 W529-7 Leonard
121 W529-8 1920-21 IFS Leonard
122 W529-5 51 Dempsey blue
123 W529-6 Britton W529-6 Britton
124 W529-1 little wonders variations 1
125 W unc transfer sheet This sheet of transfer stamps was made in Germany and depicts Dempsey-Tunney II, the Long Count fight.
