Wings Trading Cards (Featuring Paul McCartney, Linda, Denny Laine, Steve Holly, Laurence Juber) by M.P.L. Ltd (Records) 1981

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Paul McCartney is the only remaining original member of The Beatles. Musicians often find it difficult to repeat their initial success once they split from their band. Paul McCartney more than proved himself when he started another group from scratch, Wings, and scored numerous hits on both sides of the Atlantic.

MPL Ltd (Records), Wings - Back to the Egg, 1981 (5 cards)

Includes:Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, Denny Laine, Steve Holly, Laurence Juber

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1960's Cactus Trading Cards by F Lamberts and Sons 1962

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The cactus is one of my favourite types of plant. This is either because I’m too lazy to water my house plants or perhaps because I like to think that I share similar characteristics: strength, endurance and uniqueness, but it is more likely the former. You can create some really strange shaped cacti by grafting several widely different forms together. Not many card issues were devoted to the cacti plant family, but the card series featured in this blog is one of those gems.

F Lamberts and Sons, Cacti, 1962 (25 cards)

Includes:Echinocereus Pentalophus, Lobivia Pentlandii, Hamatocactus Setispinus, Rathbunia Alamosensis, Chamaecereus Silvestrii, Cleistocactus Beaumannii, Coryphantha Bumamma, Malacocarpus Mammulosos, Opuntia Phaeacantha, Hickenia Microsperma, Homalocephala Texensis, Echinocereus Coccineaus, Dolichothele Longimamma, Nopalea Dejecta, Astrophytum Asterias, Opuntia Engelmannii, Carnegiea Gigantea, Echinopsis Multiplex, Echinocereus Pulchellus, Opuntia Lindheimeri, Heliocereus Speciosus, Echinofossulo Cactus Crispatus, Escobaria Tuberculosa, Opuntia Bergeriana, Selenicereus Grandiflorus

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1950's Vintage Erotica Glamour Photo Trading Cards by David Brown (Farm Tractors), 1954

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David Brown was one of the biggest manufacturers of tractors in post-war Britain. It’s difficult to see the link between the saucy lady featured on these cards and farm machinery, but obviously Brown believed it would help promote their products.

David Brown, "Is Your Slip Showing?", 1954 (3 cards)

Includes:3 photos of a very seductive 1950's lady sitting on a timber trunk (maybe a phallic symbol).

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World Warriors Cavalry Huns "Red Indians" Cossacks Trading Cards by Liebig, 1903

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The horse was still a common mode of transport in 1903, but its days were numbered, along with the horse riding warriors depicted on these attractive cards. The Native Americans’ (“Red Indians”) independence had largely vanished by the time these cards were issued. The western cultural juggernaut either absorbed or destroyed minority cultures as it spread throughout the world. One group that still remains defiant even today, are the Arabs, although they don’t use horses so much. They have learnt to evolve and adapt their military strategies over the years, becoming masters of guerrilla warfare, much of which they have learnt from their western rivals.

Liebig Extract of Meat Co, Cavalry I S724, 1903 (6 cards)

Includes:Native Americans, " Red Indians", Arabs, Cossacks, Huns etc

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WW2 Air-Raids Gas Masks Bomb Shelters Fighter Planes Incendiary Bombs On Cigarette Cards By Churchman 1938

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As war clouds loomed ever closer this set was issued to provide civilians with helpful information on building a bomb shelter , protecting windows from blasts and dealing with incendiary bombs. A large part of the set is devoted to gas masks but, luckily, there were no gas attacks on Britain during WW2. Many of the cards provide reassurances on how the home front would be protected, featuring anti-aircraft guns, searchlights, balloon barrages, air defence control rooms and fighter planes.

WA & AC Churchman, Air-Raid Precautions, 1938 (48 cards)

Includes:Choosing your Refuge Room,Rendering Your Refuge Room Gas-Proof,Making a Door Gas-Proof,Window Protection,Window Protection Agains Blast,Types of Splinter-Proof Wall,Protecting Your Windows - A Sandbag Defence,Equipping your Refuge Room,Equipping Your, Refuge Room,A Garden Dug-Out,Incendiary Bomb and its Effect,Incendiary Bomb Cooling Down,Control Of Incendiary Bomb,Removal of Incendiary Bomb with Scoop and Hoe,Extinction of Incendiary Bomb,The Stirrup Hand Pump,Two-Men Portable Manual Fire-Pump in, Action,A Chain of Buckets,Light Trailer Fire-Pump,Medium Trailer Fire-Pump,Medium Trailer Fire-Pump in Action,Emergency Heavy Pump Unit,Hose-Laying Lorry,The Civilian Respirator,How to Adjust It,How To Remove It,The Civilian Duty Gas Mask,The Service Gas, Mask,A Heavy Anti-Gas Suit,Rubber Clothing,Air Raid Wardens and Civilian Volunteer Despatch-Rider,Volunteer Mobile Corps Owner Drivers,A First Aid Party,Supply Depot For Gas Masks,Mobile Gas Vans,Civilian Anti-Gas School,Testing For Gas Contamination,, Decontamination Workers in Training,Air Raid Precautions Badge,Representation of Air Defence Control Room,Pilots Running To Machines Interceptor Fighters Take Off,Gloster Gauntlet Interceptor Fighters,Representation of Baloon Barrage for Defence of London

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Grandma Was A Porn Star – 1930’s Glamorous Movie Stars (Vintage Erotica) Cigarette Cards By Rothmans Anna May Wong Ann Dvorak 1934

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Tobacco card issuers knew way back in the 1880s that sex sells and that’s why pretty girls and actresses adorn many early tobacco cards. In the USA and England, these cards of the fairer sex stopped short of nudity but card issuers in South America and North Africa were more daring. The movie world started out as a novelty pastime for inventors and amateur enthusiasts in the late nineteenth century but snowballed into a huge global industry in the 1920s and 1930s.

The card set featured in this blog is about as close as you get to pornography for the masses in the 1930s. It includes several cards of the film star Anne Grey with what looks like a see-through top on, Anna May Wong, the first Chinese American movie star, Sidney Fox, whose life ended tragically with an overdose, Ann Dvorak, whose prolific movie career secured her a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and many other movie stars in seductive poses.

Rothmans, Prominent Screen Favourites, 1934 (24 cards)

Includes:Judy Kelly,Claudia Dell,Ann Dvorak,Anne Grey,Joan Wyncham,Lucile Browne,Mirian Sherry,Dorothy Bouchier,Mary Duncan,Heather Angel,Anna May Wong,Anne Grey,Anne Grey,Edna Earle,Betty Stockfeld,Betty Stockfeld,Dorothy Boyd,Dorothy Bartlam,Dorothy Bartlam,, Vivienne Osborne,Jeanette Loff,Sidney Fox,Dorothy Bartlam,Dorothy Bartlam,

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Science Cigarette Cards (First Computer, Wright Brothers, Television, Cinema, Robbots)

Science Cigarette Cards

Cigarette cards were issued during one of the most exciting times in history, 1870s-1930s. These encyclopaedic cards captured the Precambrian explosion in 20th century inventions and discoveries that propelled us into our modern age.

I've included a small selection of science related cigarette card sets below. For those interested in the history of the computer, the card set "Modern Wonders", issued in 1938 by Churchman, includes cards on "The Super Calculating Machine" and the "Slot Machine Which Plays Bridge". I particularly like the predictions made in "The World of Tomorrow, issued in 1936 by Stephen Mitchell.

Name Of Set: Inventions And Discoveries S273

Manufacturer: Liebig Extract of Meat Co

Issue Year: 1890

Card Number: 6

Card Titles: -

Name Of Set: Electricity

Manufacturer: Liebig Extract of Meat Co

Issue Year: 1907

Card Number: 6

Card Titles: -

Name Of Set: Famous Inventions

Manufacturer: WD and HO Wills

Issue Year: 1915

Card Number: 50

Card Titles: Spectroscope, Edison and Phonography, Rock Drill, Syphon Barometer, Steam Navvy, Vacuum Brake, Arkwright and the Spinning Machine, Vacuum Flask, Marconi Transmitting Apparatus, Cugnot and the Traction Engine, Camera and Photography, Five Needle Telegraph Instrument, Floating Dock, Wilde and the Dynamo, Tita Crane, Safety Lamp, Stevens and the Screw Propeller, Microscope, Watt and the Steam Engine, Hobby - Horse, Bicycle, Cycling, Transporter Bridge, Early Reflecting Telescope, The Croton Dam at New York, Pratt and the Typewriter, Howe and the Sewing Machine, Cash Register, Lifeboat, Auto Piano, X-Ray Apparatus, Grand Piano, Modern Lighthouse Lantern, Edison and Kinetoscope, Steam Hammer, Santos Dumont and the Aeroplane Motor, Steel Frame Buildings, Modern Submarine, Parachute Descent by Garnerin, Levassor and the Automoblie or Motor Car, Electric Light, Renard and Kreb and the Dirigible, Diving Bell, Sun Motor, Electric Tram, Acminster Carpet Loom, Steam Turbine, Oil Engine, Electric Locomotive, Jacquard Loom, Incandescent Light, and Hydraulic Press.

Name Of Set: Engineering Wonders

Manufacturer: WD and HO Wills

Issue Year: 1927

Card Number: 50

Card Titles: Steel Caisson, Lethbridge Viaduct, Rolling Lift Bridge, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Zambesi Bridge, Bucket Dredger, Giant Excavator, Hydraulic Lift Lock, Lock Panama Canal, Electric Shovel, Slab Charger for Reheating Furnace, Conveyor Bridge, Blast Furnace, Electric Furnace, Electric Lifting Magnet, Hydraulic Press, Electric Unloader, Electric Coal cutter and Loader, Electric Dumper, Gold Dredger, Escalator, Building a Skyscraper, Strong Room Door, Reflecting Telescope, Generating Station, Electric Motor Driving a Reversing Mill, Automatic Substation, Steam Turbo Generator, Electric Winding Engine, Modern Aqueduct, Great Dam, Block Setting Crane, Croton Dam and Spillway, Vaal River Barrage, Great Dam Lake Vyrnwy, Aircraft Carrier, Revolving Floating Crane, Floating Dock, Framing a Liner, Train Ferry, Wetterhorn Aerial Railway, Wrecking Crane, Electric Locomotive, Hedjaz Railway, Ice Locomotive, Road Making Motor, Rotary Snow Plough, Track Layer, Tunnel Construction by Means of a Shield, and Lidgerwood Unloader.

Name Of Set: Clocks - Old and New

Manufacturer: John Player and Sons

Issue Year: 1928

Card Number: 20

Card Titles: An Egyptian Water Clock about 1400BC, A Water-Clock of Clepsydra about 300 BC, Hour-Glasses, The Glastonbury Clock Wells Cathedral, An Astronomical Clock Wimborne Minster, Early 17th Century Clock St Mark's Square in Venice, A Ship Clock about 1581, A Small Astronomical Clock 1587, A Clock by Isaac Hebrecht 1589, A Clock by Bartholomew Newsam 1590, A Table Clock With Alarium, A 16th Century Clock-Watch, A Globe or Falling-Ball Clock about 1650, A Lantern Clock by Thomas Tompton, A Bracket Clock by Thomas Tompion 1690, An Act of Parliament Clock 1797, A Long Case Clock by Thomas Tompion 1709, A Table Alarum Clock With Strike-A-Light late 17th Century, The Westminster Clock 1858, and Modern Clocks Greenwich Observatory.

Name Of Set: Scientific Inventions and Discoveries (Large) (Coloured)

Manufacturer: R and J Hill

Issue Year: 1929

Card Number: 35

Card Titles: Professor Charles and the Hydrogen Gas Baloon, Robert Stephenson and the Britannia Tubular Bridge, Hans Lippershey and the Telescope, Professor Niels Finsen and the Finsen Lamp, Mr Louis Brennan and Mono Rail, Sir WG Armstrong and the 110 Ton Gun, Sir W. Siemens and the Finishing Armature, Guglielmo Marconi and Wireless Telegraphy, George Stephenson and the First Locomotive Engine, Sir Hiram Maxim and the Maxim Gun, Evang Torricelli and the Barometer, Lord Kelvin and the Patent Standard Compass, Thomas A Edison and the Phonograph / Gramaphone, Benjamin Franklin and the Lightning Conductor, Sir H. Davy and the Safety Lamp, Mc Cormick and the Reaping Machin, M. Santos Dumont and the Air Ship, SFB Morse and the Electric Telegraph, Sir James Dewar and Liquid Air, M. Curie and Extracting Radium From Pitchblend, Mergenthaler and the Linotype Machine, Orville and Wilbur Wright and the Aeroplane, A. Volta and the Pile Battery, JL Baird and Television, AG Bell and the Telephone, Professor Rontgen and X-Ray Photography, LJM Daguerre and the Photographic Camera, Galileo and the Pendulum, Ja\mes Nasmyth and the Steam Hammer, G Constantinesco and the Aeroplane Gun, Elias Howe and the Sewing Machine, Caxton and the Printing Press, Sir Charles Parsons and the Steam Turbine, JH Greathead and the Tunneling Shield, and F Handley Page and the Slotted Aeroplane Wing

Name Of Set: Interesting Experiments

Manufacturer: WA & AC Churchman

Issue Year: 1929

Card Number: 25

Card Titles: Atmospheric Pressure part 1, Atmospheric Pressure part 2, The Torricellian Vacuum, The Ventilation of Coal Mines, The Construction of the Atom illustrated, Capillary Action, Making Coal Gas,Combusion part1, Combustion part2, The Parts of a Candle - Flame, The Interior of a Flame, The Ignition Point of Inflammable Gas, Crystallization, Diffusion of Gases, Heat Causes Liquids and Solids to Expand, Making Hydrogen, Unreflected Light is Invisible, Finding the Relative Illuminating Power of Lights, Liquid Air and Alcohol, Liquid Air and Ice, The Lines of Force in a Magnetic Field, Sound Waves, The Composition of Water, The Decomposition of Water, and Water a Bad Conductor of Heat.

Name Of Set: Modern Wonders

Manufacturer: WA & AC Churchman

Issue Year: 1938

Card Number: 48

Card Titles: The Short Mayo-Composite Aircraft, The Flying Triangle, The Westland-Hill Pterodactyl, Sealed Flying Suit, Detecting Unseen Enemies, The Queen Mary at Southampton, Gyro-Stabiliser, Bathysphere, All-Electric Signal Box, Desert Motor Service, Dynasphere, Modern Fire-Escape, Gigantic Steam Roller, The Gyrotiller, Giant Electric Shovel, The World's Longest Bridge,America's Largest Concrete Arch, The Boulder Dam, Monster Canal Lift, A 500 000 Volt Flash, Ignitron Tube, High-Power Grid-Glow Tube, Million-Volt X-Ray Tube, High Voltage Test House, Gigantic Electric Lamp, Cleaning Air By Electricity, Magnet That Lifts 46 Tons, Huge Electro-Magnet, The Stroboglow, Welding at 7000 D Fahrenheit, Benzol Recovery Plant, Huge Triple Expansion Pumping Engine, 6000 Ton Forging Press, Huge Vertical Boring Mill, Pair of Giant Motors, 200-inch Mirror, Greenwich's Largest Telescope, Giant Plate-Glass Polishing Machine, 30 Ton Treasury Door, Modern Cinema Operating Box, Automatic Telephone Exchange, The Speaking Clock, Television Studio, Micro-Ray Wireless Station, Super Calculating Machine, First Computer, Weighing the Earth, Eye-Prints, and Slot Machine Which Plays Bridge.

Name Of Set: The World of Tomorrow

Manufacturer: Stephen Mitchell

Issue Year: 1936

Card Number: 50

Card Titles: Solar Motor, Tidal Power Generator, Sea Power Generator, Rotor Power Plant, Wind Turbine Station, Atomic Disintegrator, Coal-Oil Distilling Plant, Mechanical Excavator, Armoured Suits For Engineers, Office of the Future, Stream-Lined Train, Railplane, Tunnel Travel, Road Liner, Streamlined Speed Ship, Fog Eliminator, One-Man Submarine, Super Aeroplane, Mid-Ocean Airport, Composite Aircraft, High Level Airport, Television, New York in the Future, London of the Future, Cross-Shaped Skyscrapers, Church of the Future, Revolving House, House Built of Glass, House Builder, Gyrotiler, Frost Eliminator, North Sea Reclamation, Reclamation of the Sea-Floor, Gibraltar Dam, Gyro_Motor Race, Birdman, Robot or Mechanical Man, Thought-Detecting Machine, Invasion from the Air, Anti-Gas Armour, Anti-Gas Ray, Rocket Post, Cathode Rocket Spaceship, Launching a Space-Ship, Space Gun, Inside a Space-Ship, Space Suits, New Style Observatory, Giant Telescope, and Weather Control.

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