Auction #12 - October 2022
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/23/2022
Louis Prange was an American printer, lithographer and publisher. He's sometimes known as "father of the American Christmas card". Among all the lithographing work that he did in the 1850's until his death in 1909, he issued a number of cards that are typically sized 2-1/2" Wide by 4" High. Prang cards are cataloged in the American Card Catalog in the W1-W70 range and represent a number of sets of varying topics. They're often termed CDV "Album fillers" as they were, in some cases, found in CDV photo albums of the time.
The W50 Prang Presidents, Generals and Wives set is comprised of 50+ trade cards with the L.Prang lithographer tagline on the front. Most are Civil War generals but also other luminaries of the time and their wives are in the set. There are 3-4 different formats of the cards on the front and the backs of the cards are blank.
This lot of (18) W50 L. Prang Presidents, Generals and Wives cards are in Good to EXMT with most of them being in the VGEX to EX range. The lot contains some light duplication and has key cards for Abraham Lincoln and U.S. Grant, among others.
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