Is it worth opening the pack?

tedzan · #1 05-14-2014, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Theoldprofessor

I taught at Davidson for 37 years. I can say with some conviction that I have never seen anyone wandering around the campus who in any way resembled those hardy young gents depicted on your Murad card.

We started out as a school designed to prepare young men for the ministry. Apparently the Murad folks got the notion that we sat on the frontier with Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone and Ernest T. Bass. Woodrow Wilson stayed here for his freshman year, but not even a generous interpretation of the artist's work could re-cast either of those two as Woodrow.

Nice card though.

Very interesting.

Oh well....the artists who designed these cards were in NYC (at American Litho.)....so what did they really know

Thanks for the input.

TED Z

BradH · #2 05-14-2014, 10:44 AM

For those who are unfamiliar with the T51/T6 series, I scanned one of my T51 Penn State cards with a T6 Penn State to compare the sizes. The colors tend to more bold and rich on the T6s. The artwork on the T6s were elongated (compared to the T51) to the size of the 5" x 8" card. The T6s are also on much thicker and sturdy cardboard, compared to the thin and somewhat flimsy T51s.

Also, I scanned a the back and side of one of my Murad packs with the 1909/10 tax stamp. This is a Factory No. 7, 3rd District pack.

And finally...An older T6 coupon which is slightly different from the one I posted above. You can see that this one says that the "College series will be ready to mail June 1, 1910." This indicates it was part of the early series, when the T6s were still not yet ready for delivery.

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