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1940s “Aeroplanes” (Marigold)
Marigold Ice Cream Company, Oregon City, Oregon, USA
Series Title: “Aeroplanes”
American Card Catalog Number: n/a
Issued by: Marigold Ice Cream Company
Issued with: Marigold Ice Cream Company Products
Country: USA
Number of Cards: 35
Card Numbering: Unnumbered
Type of Card: Food Product Premium
Card Dimensions: 3.50 × 2.35 inches (88.90 × 57.15 mm)
Circa: 1940s
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Background — A Little History About Marigold Ice Cream Company
During the 1940s, the Marigold Ice Cream Company was located at 113 6th Street, Oregon City, Oregon. We’ve performed numerous Google searches in an attempt to to determine the history of the Marigold Ice Cream Company, but came up with zero results. We also did a Google Earth search using their Street View option, and were able to look at a building which was most likely the Marigold Ice Cream Company durning the 1940s. It appears that the old Marigold Ice Cream Company building is now occupied by the Elks Club and the Pacific Crest Grand Ballroom. If anyone can help us with a little history about the Marigold Ice Cream Company, your inputs would certainly be appreciated. Use the Contact Us link to the left.
Overview
During 1940s, Marigold Ice Cream Company issued a 35-card set of “Aeroplanes” food product premium trading cards that were issued with their ice cream products. The cards measure 3.50 × 2.35 inches (88.90 × 57.15 mm). This was obviously an unauthorized set issued without the permission of the Whitman Publishing Company. The Marigold card images are doctored copies of the cards used in the 1941 Whitman’s CARD-O: “ZOOM - The Airplane Card Game, Set 2”. The main difference between the Marigold and the Whitman sets is the card numbers were removed on the Marigold cards leaving two white blank spaces and the card title. The other significant difference between the two sets is the Marigold cards were printed on low quality heavy paper stock, while the Whitman cards were printed on high-quality PLC playing card stock. The backs of the individual Marigold cards were all hand stamped with Marigold Ice Cream Company advertising copy. Since the backs of the Marigold cards were hand stamped, we’re assuming that the cards were not printed directly for the Marigold Ice Cream Company, but rather by a local printing company that offered these airplane card sets to various companies as advertising promotions. An example of the Marigold vs. Whitman sets is shown below. Click on the images to enlarge.
The following reference card shows the fronts and backs of a typical 1940s Marigold Ice Cream Company Aeroplanes card. Click on the card images to reveal full-size computer enhanced 600-dpi images of the card.
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Marigold Ice Cream Company Aeroplanes Waxed Paper Envelope
It appears that the Marigold Ice Cream Company’s Aeroplanes 35-card set was issued as a complete set rather than as individual cards. The Skytamer set of 35 cards was obtained with the following heavy-duty waxed paper envelope. There may have been some sort of advertising copy on the outside surface of the envelope, however, this detail seems to be lost to history.
Checklist
| 1940s Aeroplanes Marigold Ice Cream Company, Oregon City, Oregon, USA CHECKLIST | |||
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| № | x | Card Title | |
| 1 | DE HAVILAND MOSQUITO BOMBER • Britain | ||
| 2 | IL-2 STORMOVIK • Russia | ||
| 3 | PE-2 • Russia | ||
| 4 | LLIUSHIN DB-3F • Russia | ||
| 5 | NORTH AMERICAN APACHE • United States | ||
| 6 | CURTISS P-40 • United States | ||
| 7 | CONSOLIDATED PBY • United States | ||
| 8 | I-18 • Russia | ||
| 9 | CURTISS-WRIGHT C-46 COMMANDO • United States | ||
| 10 | AVRO LANCASTER • Britain | ||
| 11 | SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE • Britain | ||
| 12 | CURTISS P-40E KITTYHAWK • United States | ||
| 13 | BREWSTER F2A-3 BUFFALO • United States | ||
| 14 | CONSOLIDATED B-24 • United States | ||
| 15 | MARTIN PBM-1 MARINER • United States | ||
| 16 | REPUBLIC P-47 THUNDERBOLT • United States | ||
| 17 | VOUGHT-SIKORSKY XF4U-1 CORSAIR • United States | ||
| 18 | NORTH AMERICAN B-25 • United States | ||
| 19 | BELL P-39 AIRACOBRA • United States | ||
| 20 | MARTIN B-26 • United States | ||
| 21 | BOULTON PAUL DEFIANT • England | ||
| 22 | SHORT STIRLING • Britain | ||
| 23 | BOEING B-17E FLYING FORTRESS • United States | ||
| 24 | GRUMMAN F4 F-3 • United States | ||
| 25 | RYAN PT-21 • United States | ||
| 26 | DOUGLAS TBD-1 DEVASTATOR • United States | ||
| 27 | CONSOLIDATED PB2Y2 CORONADO • United States | ||
| 28 | LOCKHEED 144 CONSTELLATION • United States | ||
| 29 | HAWKER HURRICANE • Britain | ||
| 30 | WESTLAND WHIRLWIND • Britain | ||
| 31 | BRISTOL BEAUFIGHTER • Britain | ||
| 32 | GRUMMAN TBF-1 AVENGER • United States | ||
| 33 | NORTH AMERICAN O-47A • United States | ||
| 34 | HANDLEY-PAGE HALIFAX • Britain | ||
| 35 | SHORT-SUNDERLAND • England | ||
| n/a | Waxed Paper Envelope | ||
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