This scarce Card
VARIATION IS OFTEN REFFERED TO AS THE ANNONYMOUS ISSUED SERIES. It makes no mention of a manufacturer on it,
however the style, size and image is identical a series issued by the CANADIAN CHEWING GUM Co. as an insert premium with their Papoose
Gum in the 1930’s identified as V254 in Burdicks American Card Catalogue, and
the series issued by the Hamilton Chewing Gum under the title TEEPEE gum
identified as series V416. The date is
hard to pin down on this one. The
Canadian Chewing Gum issues were definitely issued in the 1930’s. The Non Sports Bible indicates that the
TEEPEE series may have been issued in the 1950’s by parkhurst. I know this is incorrect because I have the
Wrapper for the TEEPEE series and it indicates the manufacturer as Hamilton
Chewing Gum ( and it is a 2 cent wrapper).
Hamilton Chewing Gum also issued the V289 Hollywood Stars series in
1938, and the V290 Cowboy Series in the 1930’s as well according to the Non
Sports Bible). As I mentioned the
Hamilton Chewing Gum TeePee wrapper that I own is a 2 Cent wrapper. However the backs of this card indicate that
this series was given away with 1cent Sticks of TeePee Picture Gum. I have seen counter boxes for other card
series where the cards are wrapper free.
The idea being you buy one card and take one stick of gum for 1 cent I speculate that the series without the
teepee gum name (anonymous issue series) may have been the series issued by Hamilton
Gum in the 2 cent TeePee Picture Gum Wrapper I have (possibly at a later date), Often all three types of backs are found
together in lots when you come across them, so it it is still a mystery. The front of the card features an image of
the particular chief (taken from the paintings housed
in the Library of Congress), while the back features a brief history of the
Native American featured on the
front, in both French & English.. This is a nice addition when compared to
the other sets using these images. The
Allen and Ginter and other companies did not have any descriptions or history
about the featured chiefs. The images
used are the same used on other insert cards put out by Allen &
Ginter Tobacco , American Caramel and Weber Bread to name a few. This card is number 13 in the series and features KING OF THE CROWS of
the CROW tribe.
The Card measures 2 13/16 inches by 2 7/8 inches
approximately. The card is free from creases with relatively nice corner. I have scanned
the card fairly large, both front and back, for you to be able to judge
condition for yourself. I will be trying to list
several EARLY TRADE & TYPE CARDS over the next few days (spread across different
categories), including one or two that are unrecorded in any guide, that
were put given away with Tobacco, Caramel, Candy, Gum, Chocolate, Bread Coffee
Tea Cereal and other products, covering such diverse subjects as Native
American Indians , Baseball , Football, Boy Scouts, Ice Hockey, Golf,
Presidents of the United States, NCAA and IVY League Colleges and Universities
and Circus themes. To view the other cards I have up on ebay please
click on the “View Sellers other Items” Icon located on this page. It
will take you directly to them.
Due to my work schedule and distance to the post
office I am only able to ship Monday Mornings. If I
haven’t received payment for an item by Sunday evening, the item will
have to wait until the next Monday to go out. Its unfortunate but
unavoidable. If this doesn’t work for you I respectfully ask that
you do not bid or buy. Thanks again.
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