Country of Issue: USA
Year of Issue: 1911
Color/B&W: B&W
Number of Cards in Set: At least 61
Card Size: 3 9/16" x 5 9/16"
Issued as insert with what product: Sold through mail order from Vitagraph.
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Issuing Company: Vitagraph Country of Issue: USA Year of Issue: 1911 Color/B&W: B&W Number of Cards in Set: At least 61 Card Size: 3 9/16" x 5 9/16" Issued as insert with what product: Sold through mail order from Vitagraph. |
Notes: Blank-backed. There is a small box on every card that says "Copyright 1911 Vitagraph Co. of America." There were at least two different newspaper ads that shows that this set was available for mail order purchase directly from Vitagraph. You could buy the whole set for 60 cents or 12 different for 25 cents.
One ad shows a checklist with 33 subjects. A second ad shows a checklist with 40 subjects. Each of the subjects is numbered in the ad checklists to help customers placing orders. There are four subjects that are changed between the two ad checklists (#4, #14, #18, and #22).
An original mailing packet has been found containing 48 different cards, presumably a complete set at the time of purchase. In that group, there are an additional 16 subjects that are not found in either of the ads that have been seen.
In addition, the Zena Keefe card has been seen with her name spelled properly or spelled Zenna Kiefe.
All this adds up to 61 subjects that are known at this time. Since Vitagraph was obviously very fluid in changing the lineup of subjects, it is possible that there may be more subjects out there that have not been reported yet.
Thanks to Dan Calandriello and Cas Thompson for help with this checklist.
Complete list of subjects known
Leah Baird
Van Dyke Brooke
John Bunny (looking straight ahead)
John Bunny (profile)
Kenneth Casey
Mary Charleson
Dolores Costello
Helen Costello
Maurice Costello (hand on head)
Maurice Costello (hands on knee)
Adele De Garde
Leo Delaney (profile)
Leo Delaney (looking straight ahead)
Charles Eldridge
Eagle Eye (full body)
Eagle Eye (head and shoulders)
Flora Finch
Robert Gaillord
Helen Gardner
Julia Swayne Gorden (looking slightly upward)
Julia Swayne Gorden (looking straight ahead)
Edith Halleren
William Humphrey
Ralph Ince
Jean (Vitagraph Dog)
Tefft Johnson
Zena Keefe
Zenna Keife
Dorothy Kelly
Charles Kent
E. K. Lincoln
L. Roger Lytton
Hughie Mack
Mary Maurice
Harry Morey
James W. Morrison
Harry Northrup
Lottie Pickford
Tom Powers
Kate Price
Florence Radinoff
W. V. Ranous
Hal Reid
Wallace Reid
Anne Schaefer
William Shea
Anita Stewart
Edith Storey
Norma Talmadge
Rose E. Tapley
Rosemary Theby
R. Thornby
Florence E. Turner (teeth showing)
Florence Turner (no teeth showing)
Wallie Van
Lillian Walker (teeth showing)
Lillian Walker (no teeth showing)
Marshall P. Wilder
Earle Williams
Clara Kimball Young
James Young
Subjects Only in 33-Subject Ad (not in 40-subject ad)
Helen Gardner
Lottie Pickford
Hal Reid
Wallace Reid
Subjects Only in 40-Subject Ad (not in 33-subject ad)
Leah Baird
Charles Eldridge
Flora Finch
Robert Gaillord
William Humphrey
Harry Morey
Kate Price
W. V. Ranous
Rosemary Theby
Marshall P. Wilder
Clara Kimball Young
Subjects Not in Either Ad
Mary Charleson
Dolores Costello
Helen Costello
Leo Delaney (looking straight ahead)
Julia Swayne Gorden (looking straight ahead)
Dorothy Kelly
E. K. Lincoln
L. Roger Lytton
Hughie Mack
Harry Northrup
Florence Radinoff
Anita Stewart
R. Thornby
Wallie Van
Lillian Walker (no teeth showing)
James Young
Subjects Found in Original Packet Containing 48 Cards
Leah Baird
Van Dyke Brooke
John Bunny (looking straight ahead)
Kenneth Casey
Mary Charleson
Dolores Costello
Helen Costello
Maurice Costello (hands on knee)
Adele De Garde
Leo Delaney (looking straight ahead)
Charles Eldridge
Eagle Eye (head and shoulders)
Flora Finch
Robert Gaillord
Julia Swayne Gorden (looking straight ahead)
Edith Halleren
William Humphrey
Ralph Ince
Jean (Vitagraph Dog)
Tefft Johnson
Zena Keefe
Dorothy Kelly
Charles Kent
E. K. Lincoln
L. Roger Lytton
Hughie Mack
Mary Maurice
Harry Morey
James W. Morrison
Harry Northrup
Kate Price
Florence Radinoff
Anne Schaefer
William Shea
Anita Stewart
Edith Storey
Norma Talmadge
Rose E. Tapley
Rosemary Theby
R. Thornby
Florence E. Turner (teeth showing)
Florence Turner (no teeth showing)
Wallie Van
Lillian Walker (no teeth showing)
Marshall P. Wilder
Earle Williams
Clara Kimball Young
James Young
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