Old cardboard fronts and backs

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Posted By: Ken McMillan

Hello,

semi weird question here but how many have had issues with old cards having the back of the card separate from the front of the card? My wife has about 90 old actor and actress cards from the American Caramel company where the front of the card literally separated from the back of the card. Is this a common problem, or are these possibly cards that are reproductions? I collect E121 baseball cards from the early 20's and have never seen this. When these cards "separate" the paper feels thin and almost looks like someone took photocopies of the front of a card and glued it to a photocopy of a back of a card to make one card. Has anyone ever seen this in cards that are originals?

Thanks,

Kmac