I used Burdick, the PSA report, scanned SGC for additional cards (their "N332" section is a total disaster and they catalog Hess cards together in it. SGC's lists can be such a pain in the rear...), The non-sport list, Adam’s list in the 2016-17 edition of his book, and collector lists that are public as well as those kind enough to share their checklists or partial lists privately. Cards that have a graded copy or appear in the Burdick collection but we have not seen are annotated with the source. Thank you to the many individuals who have shared their lists, knowledge, referrals, and images.
I have tried to better denote the type of subject pictured in this list, as many of them were obscure even at the time and do not have other cards. I would greatly appreciate any feedback, corrections, fixes, additions, or observations that I've messed something up.
The cards that are not yet confirmed by a public photograph are listed in red. Some listed cards may not exist; particularly those with names similar to another subject. Cards in red we would greatly appreciate a picture of. Cards confirmed with the solid proof of a picture are shown in the Gallery (
http://www.moviecard.com/gallery/showtime2.html; N332 is at:
http://www.moviecard.com/gallery/oth...cco//n332.html).
I have denoted the Candiff/Cardiff reports and the 2 Jackson's as variations rather than unique cards. As the 2 Jacksons are the same picture, it seems to me to meet the criteria of a true variation rather than being a unique card. I don't think we've seen both Cardiff's yet; if the picture is different I think it a different card, if its a caption error that was corrected it is a true variation. There are also some photo defects that were likely to have been recurring I have encountered that I am not including here, following hobby tradition rather than my own predilections.
Jim Mutrie that appears in many checklists is a check listing error. Burdick catalogued the Hess cards by subject matter. Thus a baseball player in the design can only be an N338.
The unique or nearly unique cards that complicate check listing and make this incomplete also indicate the likelihood that some cards that were made may no longer exist at all. I find the absence of Jake Kilrain thus far particularly noteworthy, at a glance.
1 Barney Aaron - Boxer
2 Joe Acton - Wrestler
3 Tom Allen - Boxer
4 Jack Ashton - Boxer
5 Florry Barnett - Boxer
6 Lawrence Barrett - Actor
7 Maurice Barrymore - Actor
8 Prof. Bauer - Wrestler
9 William Beach - Oarsman
10 Kyrle Bellew - Actor (Burdick Collection)
11 Woole Bendhoff - Boxer
12 Edwin Bibby - Wrestler
13 Dion Boucicault - Actor
14 Bob Breetle - Boxer
15 Jack Burke - Boxer
16A Patsey Candiff (spelled wrong) - Boxer
16B Patsey Cardiff - Boxer
17 Jack Carkeek - Wrestler
18 Jem Carney - Boxer
19 Patsey Carney - ? (Burdick Collection)
20 Jimmy Carroll - Boxer
21 George Cartwright - Athlete
22 Arthur Chambers - Boxer
23 Johnny or Johnney or Jimmy Clark - Boxer (Burdick collection has “Johnney Clark)
24 Mike Cleary - Boxer
25 Joe Coburn - Boxer (Burdick Collection)
26 Buffalo Bill, Hon.Wm.F. Cody - Showman
27 Sam Collyer - Boxer
28 Mike Conley - Boxer
29 Chas E. Courtney - Athlete
30 Thomas Courtney - ? (Only in Warshaw’s book)
31 Wm. Cummings - Athlete
32 Mike Cushing - Boxer
33 Billy Dacy - Boxer
34 Capt. Daly - Wrestler
35 Tommy Danforth - Boxer
36 Sam Day - Athlete
37 Jack Dempsey - Boxer
38 Donald Dinnie- Strong Man
39 Mike Donahue - Wrestler
40 Prof. Donaldson - Boxer
41 Dan Donnelly - Boxer
42 Mike Donovan - Boxer
43 H.W. Dufur - Wrestler (Burdick Collection)
44 Thos. A. Edison - Inventor
45 Billy Edwards - Boxer
46 R. Edwards - ?
47 Joe Ellinhsworth - Boxer
48 Jack Fallon - Boxer
49 Patsy Fallon - Boxer
50 Bob Farrell - Boxer
51 Jim Fell - Boxer
52 Jack Files (no name) - Boxer
53 Pat Fitzgerald- Athlete
54 Jack Fogarty - Boxer
55 Malcolm W. Ford - Actor
56 Geo. Fulljames- Boxer
57 Austin Gibbons- Boxer
58 Harry Gilmore - Boxer
59 Geo Godfrey - Boxer
60 Sparrow Golden- Boxer (Burdick Collection)
61 Joe Goss - Boxer
62 Alf Greenfield - Boxer
63 Gus Guerrero - Pedestrian
64 Albert Hamm - Oarsman
65 Ed. Hanlan - Oarsman (SGC POP Report)
66 Chas. Harriman - Track & Field
67 Dooney Harris - Boxer
68 Frank Hart - Pedestrian
69 Jack Haylin - Boxer
70 John C. Heenan - Boxer
71 Dan Hesty - Athlete
72 Abe Hicken - Boxer (Incorrectly checklisted as Micken in some places)
73 Dick Hollywood- Boxer
74 John Hughes - Wrestler
75 Jack Hyams - Fighter
76A Peter Jackson (one name) - Boxer
76B Peter Jackson (two names) - Boxer
77 Wm. Johnston - Athlete
78 Jimmy Kelly - Boxer
79 Patsey Kerrigan - Boxer
80 Jim Kill - ? (Source: PSA)
81 Pat Killen - Boxer
82 Tom King - Boxer
83 Nat Langham - Boxer
84 George Lee - Track & Field (Burdick Collection)
85 Tom Lees - Boxer
86 Evan Lewis - Wrestler
87 Geo. Littlewood - Pedestrian
88 Jem Mace - Boxer
89 Billy Madden - Boxer
90 Richard Mansfield - Actor
91 Jack McAuliffe - Fighter
92 Joe McAuliffe - Boxer
93 Dominick McCaffrey - Boxer
94 Prof. McClellan - Boxer
95 Billy McLean - Boxer
96 Joe McPherson - Track & Field
97 Sebastian Miller - Strong Man
98 Charlie Mitchell - Boxer
99 Young Mitchell - Boxer
100 Jack Morrissey- Boxer
101 Pete Mulby - Boxer (sometimes listed as Hulby)
102 Wm. Muldoon - Wrestler
103 Frank Murphy - Boxer
104 Jerry Murphy - Boxer (SGC POP Report)
105 Johnnie/Johnny Murphy - Boxer
106 Jimmy Murray - Boxer (SGC POP Report)
107 Billy Myers - Boxer
108 Lon Myers - Athlete
109 Danny Needham - Boxer
110 Geo. Noremac - Athlete
111 Charlie Norton- Boxer
112 Wm. O'Connor - Oarsman
113 Dan O'Leary - ?
114 Tom Paddock - Boxer
115 Joe Pendergrast - Boxer
116 Fred Plaisted - Oarsman
117 Ted Pritchard - Boxer
118 Johnny Reagan - Boxer
119 Geo. Rooke - Boxer
120 Duncan C. Ross- Swordsman
121 Wallace Ross - Oarsman
122 Charley Rowell- Athlete
123 Paddy Ryan - Boxer (PSA graded card + Burdick Collection)
124 Salvini - Actor
125 Black Sam - Wrestler
126 Tom Sayers - Boxer
127 John L. Scholes - Boxer
128 Wm. Sheriff - Boxer
129 Frank Slavin(no name)- Boxer
130 Jem Smith - Boxer
131 E.H. Sothern - Actor
132 John L. Sullivan - Boxer
133 Yankee Sullivan - Boxer
134 Steve Taylor - Boxer (Burdick Collection)
135 Mervine Thompson - Boxer
136 Bob Tunnuell - Boxer
137 Harry Vaughn - Athlete
138 Robt. Vint - Athlete (Burdick Collection)
139 Jem Ward - Boxer
140 Josh Ward - Fighter
141 Tommy Warren - Boxer
142 Fred Weir - Athlete
143 Ike Weir - Boxer
144 Clarence Whistler - Wrestler
145 Frank White - Boxer
146 Lester Wollack - Actor
147 Joe Wormald - Boxer (Burdick Collection)
148 Fritz Wright - Boxer