Country of Issue: USA
Year of Issue: 1920s
Color/B&W: B&W
Number of Cards in Set: 8
Card Size: 1 7/16" x 3"
Issued as insert with what product: Ice Cream
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Issuing Company: Hershey Creamery Co. Country of Issue: USA Year of Issue: 1920s Color/B&W: B&W Number of Cards in Set: 8 Card Size: 1 7/16" x 3" Issued as insert with what product: Ice Cream |
Notes: This set shows 8 cards of the cast of the Our Gang movies. The writeup on the back says that if you brought a complete set of 8 cards to a Hershey dealer, you would get a free pint of ice cream. This may indicate that there is a short-printed card in the set, as that is often the case with card sets containing offers such as this, to make it more difficult to collect the prize. Greg Galliger reports that the short printed card might be Chubby. Greg provided a scan of Chubby showing a stamp mark on the back which may be a cancellation mark by Hershey so that card could not be submitted again for a prize.
The photos from this set were taken from xerox copies, so the actual coloring of these cards will look a bit different from the scans, though these are black and white cards, so the coloring is probably pretty close. Thanks to Bob Richardson for providing the information to start this checklist and Greg Galliger for providing information for completing it.
Chubby
Dorothy
Farina
Jackie
Mary Ann
Our Gang
Pete
Wheezer
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