The 1933-35 card explosion
Sorry if this has been answered elsewhere, but I haven't seen the answer. Does anybody know why there was such an explosion new card issues across the board starting in 1933?
Off the top of my head, baseball had new issues for US Caramel, Delong, Goudey, Diamond Stars, Tattoo Orbit, Sport Kings. Hockey had OPC, Hamilton Gum, Ice Kings, Canadian Gum, Football had National Chicle, and there are a wide variety of prominent non-sport issues from the same time period.
Was there a triggering event that set off the card boom in the early 1930s. I think the corresponding sharp decline can probably be chalked up to the Great Depression, but I find it fascinating that so many new cards were produced spontaneously in such a short window.
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