Popcorn cards

Cracker Jack cards are the frist thing that comes to mind when thinking about perwar popcorn cards. The only other popcorn cards that I can think of is a Canadian company called Maple Crispette, were there any other prewar issued popcorn cards?


Take me out to the ball game,
Take me out with the crowds;
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jacks,
I don't care if I never get back.
Let me root, root, root for the home team,
If they don't win, it's a shame.
For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out,
At the old ball game.

I'm not sure but I think there is a pre-War Canadian Issue Popcorn Cards. I also recall some Seattle NWL Cards that are Popcorn but I don't remember if they are Pre-War or Post-War.
Maybe Max will see this post and chime in, He collects such issues.

TheBig6 wrote:I'm not sure but I think there is a pre-War Canadian Issue Popcorn Cards. I also recall some Seattle NWL Cards that are Popcorn but I don't remember if they are Pre-War or Post-War.
Maybe Max will see this post and chime in, He collects such issues.

Here's an Canadian issued card from the early 1920's from Winnipeg Manitoba, "The Peggy Popcorn and Food Products. LTD.". This is the only card I've seen from this extremely rare set, cards were numbered on the back.

This is not my card, but I wish it was!

Wow, That is a great Card
The look on his face, "Where's my Money"

Zeenuts (or Zee-Nut's) were a popcorn confection as well, so I believe that is probably the first set to be included with popped corn (predating the Cracker Jack's by a few years).
-Rhett

A little new for this board, but Seattle Popcorn cards were issued from 1954 to 1968.

The Vancouver Amateur League cards are from around 1937-40. I thought they were popcorn cards, but I've seen people call them peanut cards, so don't know if they were issued with popcorn or peanuts.

Wow, that is a very cool Gandil card, Brad. First time I've seen or heard anything about that set.

Do you know the card's measurements?

Ben wants to know so he can start making repros and start selling them on eBay

Jay

Glen, according to Mark Macrae, these cards were issued with peanuts.

Here is some information on the set provided by Mark on a net54 thread.

1932-1938 VANCOUVER PEANUT CARDS

These exceptionally rare cards feature players from the Vancouver
Senior Amateur League. They were distributed in bags of peanuts sold at Athletic Park
in Vancouver and were issued from 1932-1938. There are several different
sizes & designs which were issued over the years. This issue has never been
checklisted or catalogued. Cards are Black & White with blank backs. While sizing
varies (No two cards below are exactly the same) they are generally around 1 3/4 x
2 3/4. One of the very few groups known of these cards resides
in the permanent collection of the BC Hall of Fame.
The group was assembled over several decades by an advanced Western Canadian collector and were
gifted to the Museum. The closest comparable set I could find is
the 1924 Crescent Ice Cream Hanbury cards, which depict players in a similar
league. These peanut cards, however, are far scarcer.


There are about 100 different subjects, with a likelihood of more
different subjects turning up in the future. Kit Krieger worked on his
collection for several decades, and gifted it to the BC Hall of Fame
several years ago. The cards are not on public display to my knowledge,
but are available for viewing by making an appointment. The consignor
of these cards is a friend of Kit's and has collected whatever info he
could from Kit, along with the families of some of the players.They are
generically dated as 1930's because they were issued over several
different years. Pinning down specific players , designs and teams is
going to take some doing. The League was "Senior Amateur League" and
finding accurate comprehensive rosters from that league will be like
tracking down rosters from the Dallas Little League in the 50's.

Either way, they are very neat cards and I cherish my example.

I'd have to disagree with Mark Macrae statement regarding the 1924 Cresents and there scarcaty.
Personaly have seen more and more Vancouver Peanut cards up for sale in the passed year with an increase of interest due to it's rarity. But to be fair I think Mark posted his comment before a large lot of Peanuts popped up on Ebay earlier this year.

So I would have to say the 1924 Crescent cards are much more scarcer than the Vancouver Peanuts. I've only seen five Cresents ever sold in the passed few years and those were my cards that were required from a net54 board member.

Here's a link to the Crescents I once owned, still listed on the SGC registry with a brief histroy I wrote.
http://www.sgccardregistry.com/set.aspx?cat=1&set=536&userset=864

Mark Macrae's statement was written before the large group appeared.

I believe Hage's Dairy cards (1949-1951) were sold with popcorn at the Padres' ballpark.