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Friday, January 15, 2016

Walt Disney Character Trading Cards by Barratt, 1955

A series of 35 trading cards were issued in 1955 by Manufacturing Confectioners Barratt & Co. Ltd. of London. Illustration on front, text on back. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs were included in the collection. Copyight Walt Disney Productions. The cards were available inside packs of Mickey's Sweet Cigarettes (candy?).

Card No. 17 - Snow White




Card No. 23 - Bashful



Card No. 24 - Sneezy



Card No. 25 - Sleepy



Card No. 26 -Dopey



Card No. 27 -Grumpy



Card No. 33 -Doc



Card No. 34 - Happy




The rest of the collection:

1-4



5-8



9-12



13-16



18-21



22, 28-30



31-32, 35



Image scans courtesy of the Dant Melys Collection. See the hi-rez versions at Dant's 1955 flickr album.

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Snow White Trading Cards by Barratt, c.1940

Here's a look at a rare set of Snow White trading cards produced in Great Britain by Barratt & Company, circa 1940. A total of 36 different cards are known in this series (British Trade Card index reference ZJ5-45). Each illustration is accompanied by the name of the character. Cards measures approximately 64mm x 53mm (2.5" x 2"). Back sides are blank.

So far online, we've come across 33 of the 36 (although most are rather small images).










A Pinocchio series was also produced during this time period; see a few of these cards at dant melys flickr album. Special thanks to William Stillman for his assistance with this Snow White post.