The American Card Catalog

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The American Card Catalog is a reference book for American trade cards produced before 1951, compiled by Jefferson Burdick.

It has become the de facto method in identifying and organizing trade cards produced in the Americas pre-1951. The book catalogues sports and non-sports cards, but is best known for its categorization of baseball cards. There are two major shortcomings of this system: it does not include classifications for non-American cards and there are numerous mistakes and inconsistencies in the system. However, sets like 1909-11 White Borders, 1910 Philadelphia Caramel’s, and 1909 Box Tops most commonly referred to by their ACC catalogue numbers. They are, respectively, T206, E95, and W555.

The following is a list of card classifications in which baseball cards are found. Two examples of each type have been listed.

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[edit] Card Classifications

[edit] N-Cards (19th Century Tobacco)

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[edit] D-Cards (Bakery/Bread)

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[edit] Examples

  • 1910 D322 Tip-Top Bread

[edit] E-Cards (Caramel)

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  • 1909-11 E90.1 American Caramel
  • 1910 E90.2 American Caramel
  • 1910-11 E90.3 American Caramel
  • 1910 E92 Dockman & Sons
  • 1910 E92 Croft's & Allen (also called Croft's Candy. backs come in three colors, black, blue and red)
  • 1910 E92 Croft's Cocoa
  • 1910 E92 Nadja
  • 1911 E93 Standard Caramel
  • 1911 E94 George Close Candy
  • 1909 E95 Philadelphia Caramel
  • 1910 E96 Philadelphia Caramel
  • 1910 E97 Briggs (two variations, color and B&W)
  • 1909 E98 Anonymous
  • 1909 E101 Anonymous
  • 1909-11 E102 Anonymous
  • 1909-10 E105 Mello-Mints
  • 1903 E107 Breisch Williams

[edit] F-Cards (Food -Ice Cream & Dairy)

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  • 1916 F-UNC Tango Eggs
  • 1928 F50 Harrington's Ice Cream
  • 1928 F50 Sweetman
  • 1928 F50 Tharp's Ice Cream
  • 1928 F50 Yuengling's Ice Cream
  • 1937-38 F7 Dixie Lids

[edit] M-Cards (Publications)

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  • 1916 M101-4 Sporting News
  • 1919 M101-6 Felix Mendelssohn
  • 1910-11 M110 Sporting Life Cabinets
  • 1910-11 M116 Sporting Life


[edit] R-Cards

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  • 1933 R317 Douesh Jacks Candy
  • 1933 R319 Goudey
  • 1934 R320 Goudey
  • 1934-36 R327 Diamond Stars
  • 1933 R333 Delong
  • 1939 R334 Play Ball
  • 1952 R414-6 Topps

[edit] T-Cards (20th Century Tobacco)

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  • 1909-11 T206 White Borders
  • 1910 T213
  • 1911 T205 Gold Borders

[edit] N-Cards (19th Century Tobacco)

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[edit] W-Cards (Strip Cards / Exhibits)

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  • 1920-21 W514 Strips
  • 1921 W461 Exhibits
  • 1946-49 W603 Sports Exchange

[edit] WG-Cards (Game Cards)

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[edit] Examples

  • 1906 WG2/3 Fan Craze
  • 1914 WG4 Polo Ground Card Game

[edit] V-cards/C-Cards (Non-United States Cards)

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[edit] Examples

  • 1912 C46 Imperial Tobacco (Canada)
  • 1933 V353 World Wide Gum (Canadian Goudey)

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