On offer is this Vintage 1944-63 Bee Hive Group II Hockey Photo of the
Chicago Blackhawks HANK CIESLA
The first "Bee Hives" were produced in 1934 when the Company made direct arrangements with individual players.
Recognizing the popularity of its pictures and capitalizing on a hockey crazed nation,
the Company soon began to actively seek the rights to all the players.
By 1937, the Company had obtained the right to offer pictures of the players from all the eight NNL teams.
The Bee Hive promotion was so successful that as many as 2,500 photographs would be sent out each morning from the Port Credit office.
The sales of Bee Hive quadrupled through the 1930s and it became the largest selling corn syrup in Canada.
Unlike conventional hockey cards, Bee Hive photos are not numbered nor do they have any writing on them other than the players' names.
In order to simplify the cataloguing of the photos, collectors have grouped Bee Hives
into three groups or generations according to the period of time in which they were produced.
Group I photos are from 1934-43 (306 cards), Group II from 1944-63 (502 cards), and Group III ("Wood grains") from 1964-67 (215 cards).
The Group II photos were available from 1944 to 1963.
COLLECTORS DETERMINE THE CONDITION OF BEE HIVES BY THE CONDITION OF THE PHOTO,
NOT THE CARDBOARD.
Measures: Photo 4-1/4" x 6-3/4"...Matting 5-1/2" x 8"
Soft corners...Age Wear...See Scans for Condition
To determine condition, please view the scans provided.
As we are not professional graders, we do our best to provide as many scans as we can.
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