FKW Century Old Cards - 1920 (D327) Holsum Bread / 1921 (H-Unc.) Herpolsheimer's Boys Fashion Shop

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ca.1920

(D327)

Holsum Bread

1921

(H-Unc.)

Herpolsheimer's
Boys Fashion Shop

VERY RARE - The Holsum Bread cards were issued by the Weil Baking Co. of New Orleans. Similar to the 1917 E135 and 1921 E121 sets, with no numbers on front. The caption font style is the same as E121, but the players checklisted so far are a mixture of players found in E135, E121, and W575-1. Known cards include a few Chicago "Black Sox" players not found in E121 (Cicotte, Jackson, Williams). The back says 80 cards in set, to date 45 different are checklisted, but many other players do exist. There might be 2 different sets because there are 2 different backs known. One design faces left and has the line "H. Weil Baking Company" narrower than the "Holsum Bread" line. The other has the back facing right and the line "H. Weil Baking Company" is the same width as the "Holsum Bread" line.

The 1921 Herpolsheimer's cards were just discovered in October 2004. These cards are similar to the Holsum cards and are based on the design of the E121 cards but have a back advertisement not seen before. There have also been players seen in this Herpolsheimer set not found in E121, and at least one player (Dave Davenport) not found in any related set (E135, E120, E121, E122, M101-4, M101-5, W501, W575-1, etc.). The 1921 Herpolsheimer's cards can be dated to 1921 as Maranville is shown with Pittsburgh. The 1921 Herpolsheimer's are Very Rare, and it was said there were only 69 total examples known (discovered) with no duplicates.