Country of Issue: USA
Year of Issue: 1947-48
Color/B&W: B&W
Number of Cards in Set: 42 (24 in 1947 and 18 in 1948)
Card Size: 1 3/8" x 1 5/8"
Issued as insert with what product: Kelloggs Pep Cereal
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Issuing Company: Kelloggs Country of Issue: USA Year of Issue: 1947-48 Color/B&W: B&W Number of Cards in Set: 42 (24 in 1947 and 18 in 1948) Card Size: 1 3/8" x 1 5/8" Issued as insert with what product: Kelloggs Pep Cereal |
Notes: Cards are unnumbered. An album for this set was available through a mail-in offer. Variations exist for some photos showing the star in reverse.
There were two sets of these cards issued, the first group of 24 cards issued in 1947 and the second group of 18 cards in 1948. Cards from both sets appear identical to each other, and are usually collected as one set. The cards from 1947 featured movie stars and athletic stars, and the cards from 1948 featured radio stars and sports stars.
1947 Movie Stars and Athletes
Movie Stars
Dana Andrews
Joan Bennett
Humphrey Bogart
Jack Carson
Claudette Colbert
Andy Devine
William Elliot
Peggy Ann Garner
Hedy Lamarr
Fred MacMurray
Virginia Mayo
Dennis Morgan
Janis Paige
George Sanders
Zachary Scott
Alexis Smith
Barbara Stanwyck
Jane Wyman
Athletic Stars
Orval Grove (baseball)
Adolph Keifer
George McAfee (football)
Mike Tresh (baseball)
Charlie Trippi
Tony Zale
1948 Radio Stars and Sports Stars
Radio Stars
Judy Canova
Alice Faye
James Ferrier
Mary Hardwick
Kay Kaiser
Shirley Ross
Margaret Whiting
Sports Stars
Tom Breneman
Don Budge
Phil Cavaretta (baseball)
Lou Groza
Lloyd Mangrum
George Mikan (basketball)
Sam Snead (golf)
Norm Standlee
Dizzy Trout (baseball)
Dick Wakefield (baseball)
Bob Waterfield
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