Country of Issue: Spain
Year of Issue: late 1910s or early 1920s
Color/B&W: Color
Number of Cards in Set: 50 - two series of 25 cards each
Card Size:
Issued as insert with what product: Chocolates
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Issuing Company: Country of Issue: Spain Year of Issue: late 1910s or early 1920s Color/B&W: Color Number of Cards in Set: 50 - two series of 25 cards each Card Size: Issued as insert with what product: Chocolates |
Notes: There are two series of these cards, Serie A and Serie B. Both checklists are exactly the same, with the same pictures, except that cards in Serie A are in color and cards in Serie B are in black and white in a minimalist design. The same number card from both series are designed to be used together to create a shadow effect. This is explained on the back of the cards as follows (translated to English):
"Find the card of this same number corresponding to Series B and with a little care, cut out all the whites. Once this is done, place the card between a light and a white surface and, depending on the distance at which it is placed, you will obtain an enlarged shadow exactly the same as the portrait you are holding."
If collectors used these cards as intended, the Series B cards would all be cut up. Because of this, it is likely the Serie B cards are harder to find today than Serie A cards, and that is what it looks like when doing searches for these cards on auction sites.
The following back advertising has been seen for these cards and there may be more:
Date info: Rene Creste died in 1922, and Wallace Reid died in 1923. Roscoe Arbuckle's career was mostly ended after a 1921 scandal. Marguerite Clark made her last film in 1921. This set probably came out sometime between 1918 and 1922.
1. Bertini
2. Mary Pickford (spelled Mari on card)
3. Fairbanks
4. Carminati
5. Nick Winter
6. Rene Creste
7. Lucille
8. Mistinguett (spelled Mistinguet on card)
9. G. Serena
10. Wallace Reid
11. Charlot (Charles Chaplin)
12. Habay
13. Fatti (Roscoe Arbuckle)
14. Ghione
15. Robinne
16. Duncan
17. Max Linder
18. Andre Deed
19. Menichelli
20. Marguerite Clark (spelled Margarite on card)
21. Washburn
22. Rodolfi
23. Henry Ford
24. Salustiano
25. Levesque
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