Box (cover) for Motion Picture Stars trade cards (W618)

late 1920s

Not on view

Box (back) forfrom Motion Picture Stars trade cards (W618). Set contains 96 black and white “autographed” cards distributed in four different colored boxes (blue, orange, gold and rose) with 24 cards in each box. Cover has oval cut out shape at center. Back of box includes list of which stars are in each box. Produced by Kashin Publications, New York in the 1920s. Related to “Portraits and Action” baseball series also issued in similar boxes by Kashin Publications. Blue toned.

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Title: Box (cover) for Motion Picture Stars trade cards (W618)
Publisher: Kashin Publications
Date: late 1920s
Medium: Commercial color photolithograph
Dimensions: Sheet: 4 3/4 × 7 13/16 in. (12 × 19.8 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
Object Number: Burdick 537, W618.1
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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