Let’s rehash the Bond Bread controversy.

[Exhibitman]

I try to follow the physical evidence as best as I can when it comes to card classification and analysis. All of the anecdotal accounts not directly from the speaker's own experience are just hearsay. Ted said he got his cards out of bread bags in 1947, that's entirely credible eyewitness testimony. Sone guy telling some guy that a third guy told him something, not credible evidence.

[Johnphotoman]

Exhibitman- I do agree with you about credible eyewitness testimony. I talked to old-timers who said they collected Exhibit cards from Exhibit (ESCO) arcade machines. Images like the images we call Bond Bread, this is a credible eyewitness account, not some guy telling some guy who told me.

That is why I never really believed the Exhibit cards were Bond Bread cards. This is not proof that ESCO printed the Exhibit cards. But - that the images on the Bond Bread cards were used on other printed cards.

Back then I never kept good records like, the names or places on who told me what. My notes say something like this: I met this guy at the Eastpoint show who said, “I remember getting cards that looked like that from the Exhibit penny arcade machines.” This is after I showed some 8x10 black white photos. Since then I have matched many of my photos to BB cards, I am talking about the exact same images. Like Exhibit cards, but photo that match the cards. John

PS I will post the images that I believed I showed, if this would help.

[Johnphotoman]

Exhibit card: Notice it says- An Exhibit card in the bottom left corner, and Made in the USA in the bottom right corner. John

[Johnphotoman]

This is the photo I have. It is an 8x10, John

[Johnphotoman]

Photo and Exhibit card.

[Johnphotoman]

Today, looking over the information and trying to put together the next post: as you guys know, I am gathering information as I go along.
I stumbled across something today that I would like to look into. If anybody has cards of Screen Star Subjects can you please post those images of the front and back of the cards, along with how and when you collect them. John