I recently came across a magazine article that I thought might be of some interest to people who like vintage cards, especially those of the non-sport variety.
The article was written by Paul Fugleberg and appeared in the 1998 March/April issue of Reminisce. I don't know if it needs to be said or not, but I'm reproducing it here without permission -- not that I think anyone's gonna care, the blog isn't monetized, so I'm not profiting from someone else's work or anything, I'm just sharing a fun little piece with some folks who've probably never had the opportunity to read it (hopefully that covers the legal stuff).
As you can tell, it would be a little hard to read in it's original format, so I've done a little bit of virtual chopping to make it a little easier on the eyes.
Thanks for taking a moment to look at my page.
Neat! There are four series of Wings Cigarettes Airplane cars. Two in 1941 and one each in 42 and 43 if I remember correctly. I have all four sets in my collection although none complete. They are some of the most common 40s cards, so it gives me hope I may complete them someday.
ReplyDeleteI have the utmost faith that you'll be able to complete the sets at some point! It'd probably be pretty easy, and inexpensive, to buy them complete on eBay.
DeleteThat was a nice read, for sure. Did some quick research, and Reminisce magazine is still being published. Very cool!
ReplyDeleteI didn't know they were still around, I don't think I've ever seen a post-2000 issue. It's not a bad magazine though, a lot of "things were better back in my day" articles, which probably irk the hell out of today's youth, but there's plenty of tidbits in those articles -- tidbits that for the most part can't be found via research (especially on the internet), as they're usually the sort of things that are only known by the people who lived during that time. This magazine would be great for writers, especially those who are writing about the 30's and 40's, unfortunately it seems like not a lot of people are familiar with it.
DeleteI love the Lockheed P-38 Lightning (the "Pursuit Interceptor" to the left of the words "We were hooked on". I'm adding that one to my want list.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing, this is a fun read!
Well, it was a pretty awesome plane, so it's not hard to see why you'd want the card... happy hunting!
DeleteCool article. I wish there were more cards of airplanes, so I could get more cardboard featuring the SR-71... which is a plane my father worked on back in the 60's.
ReplyDeleteIf space weren't an issue, you could move over to toys and models, probably lots of Blackbirds to be found in those formats. By the by, I saw a Blackbird on it's way to an airshow once, a pretty awesome sight that was!
DeleteYeah, very interesting article!
ReplyDeleteShort, but sweet!
DeleteGreat article. These kinda finds are always a blast.
ReplyDeleteThey certainly are! It's nice to know that a few other people think so well.
DeleteThere are actually a fair number of similar British issues from the time before and right up to WWII.
ReplyDeleteYeah, and most of them are dirt cheap!
DeleteThanks for sharing that article. Sounds like the author grew up in a place with a lot of aviation plants. A lot of people who grew up on Long Island at that time had a similar love affair with aircraft, particularly military aircraft, though I never heard anything about cards before.
ReplyDeleteNot knowing much about New York, I never realized that Long Island was a hotbed for aviation plants? And your theory sounds entirely plausible, but probably isn't going to be confirmable.
DeleteCool article. I have a collection of pre-war English tobacco cards featuring airplanes, they really are pretty cool (and way cheaper than baseball cards from the same era)!
ReplyDeleteThere's no shortage of cheap tobacco cards from that era, and as time goes on, they're just gonna keep getting cheaper and cheaper... today's kids (and their kids) will, by in large never, never be interested in that kind of history.
DeleteI knew someone once (not me) who had a subscription to this magazine. Fun read (your post!) You did a neat job pulling it into a readable format!
ReplyDeleteThere's a small used bookstore here that always back issues of it, and when I actually remember to do so, I will often look through them and try to pull out the one's that look like they might be interesting.
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