1916 Standard Biscuit (D350-1)

Number of Cards

1916 Standard Biscuit set consists of 200 cards, including 22 players from the Cubs.

Size of Cards

The cards measure 1-5/8” x 3”

Basic Features

Released by the Standard Biscuit Company based in San Francisco, every card in this regional set showcases a black-and-white image of a player framed by a white border. At the bottom of the card, printed within the border, are the player's name, position, team name, and card number. On the back, there is a Standard Biscuit advertisement stating: "You will find a photograph of a member of the American or National League in every 5 and 10 cent package of our products." The simplest method to identify this set is through the reverse advertisement, which all cards featured. Numerous sets utilized identical images but had different backs. In addition to the various advertising backs mentioned above, these cards are often found with blank backs as well.

Chicago Cubs 1916 Standard Biscuit Checklist

Number	Player
6	Jimmy Archer
16	Roger Bresnahan
23	Mordecai Brown
28	Frank Chance
51	Mike Doolan
58	Bill Fischer
60	Max Flack
77	Claude Hendrix
98	Jimmy Lavender
108	Leslie Mann
128	John Murray
138	George Pierce
152	Vic Saier
158	Frank Schulte
161	Tom Seaton
177	Joe Tinker MGR
180	Jim Vaughn
191	Fred Williams
197	Steve Yerkes
198	Rollie Zeider
199	Heinie Zimmerman
200	Ed Zwilling

Some collectors in the sports community claim that this set includes the Babe Ruth rookie card, but I believe there was a 1914 set featuring his card. However, I could be mistaken, perhaps.

1977 Cubs Jewel Tea (F410-5 )

Number of Cards

1977 Jewel has 16 cards, which all are Cubs players.

Size of Cards

The cards are the following dimensions: 6" x 9"

Basic Features

In 1977, Jewel grocery stores handed out portrait photos of Chicago Cubs players. These vibrant images are unnumbered and feature plain backs. The front displays white borders that encase a full-color images of the player along with a facsimile autograph.

1977 Jewel Chicago Cubs Checklist

Player

Larry Biittner

Bill Bonham

Bill Buckner

Ray Burris

Jose Cardenal

Gene Clines

Ivan DeJesus

Willie Hernandez

Mike Krukow

George Mitterwald

Jerry Morales

Bobby Murcer

Steve Ontiveros

Rick Reuschel

Bruce Sutter

Manny Trillo

1963 Post Pennants

Number of Cards

20 Pennants in the 1963 Post Cereal collection included 1 Cubs team.

Size of Cards

The size of the pennants are 1 ½ x 3

Basic Features

You could find these pennants inside cereal boxes, and cut-out baseball cards were located on the backs of the boxes. You could also buy packs of 10 for just .49 from Post. This set comes with peel-away adhesive backs, so you can stick these pennants anywhere.

Chicago Cubs 1963 Post Pennants Checklist

1911 Baseball Bats Candy (Eunc)

Number of Cards

Baseball Bats Candy has 44 cards, which there are 10 Cubs players with many varations.

Size of Cards

The cards measure approximately 1 3/8" by 2 3/8"

Basic Features

The candy boxes are adorned with a player panel on one side, while the name "Baseball Bats" is printed on crossed bats and a ball on the other side. The two side panels showcase "All Leading Players," and the end flap reads "One Cent." Each box features a player image framed by either a white or orange border, complemented by a thin black line. These boxes closely resemble the 1910 "Orange Border" candy cards, though they exhibit minor variations in design and caption style.

1911 Baseball Bats Candy Chicago Cubs Checklist

Player

Ginger Beaumont

Mordecai Brown

Frank Chance

King Cole

Johnny Evers

Solly Hofman

Tom Needham

Wildfire Schulte

James Sheckard

Joe Tinker

1963 Jello ( F229-2) Cubs Checklist

Number of Cards

1963 Jello has 200 cards, which there are 8 Cubs players plus 1 traded from Cardinals.

Size of Cards

The cards measure approximately 2 1/2" by 3 3/8"

Basic Features

Cards are cut out individually from the back of Jello product boxes. The front features the Card Number along with a short biography and stats. These cards are laid out horizontally and sorted by team in numerical order. The checklist for this collection aligns with that of the 1963 Post, even though they are considered separate issues. The Jello series has its own list of rare cards, many of which stem from an unpopular package size. Since the Post Cereal logo was taken off the 1963 cereal set, Jello cards can mainly be identified by (1) their smaller size and (2) the smaller print and shorter red line in stats.

Chicago Cubs 1963 Jello Checklist

Number	Player
167	Lindy McDaniel Traded
169	Ernie Banks
170	Ron Santo
171	George Altma
172	Billy Williams
173	Andre Rodgers
174	Ken Hubbs
175	Don Landrum UER
176	Dick Bertell

Traded to Cubs in 1962

1947 Bond Bread (D305)

Number of Cards

1947 Bond Bread set consists of 48 cards, including 1 player from the Cubs.

Size of Cards

The cards measure approximately 2 1/4" x 3 1/2"

Basic Features

One of the earliest Post-WWII baseball card sets available is the 1947 Homogenized Bond Bread. The cards feature black and white designs with replica signatures on the front and have blank backs. To facilitate packaging these cards within the bread loaves, their four corners were rounded. This detail is significant as there exist SQUARE corner versions of these original cards. The original 1947 cards are quite difficult to locate.

Chicago Cubs 1947 Bond Bread Checklist

Player

Andy Pafko

original 1947 Bond Bread (D305)

The most remarkable aspect of this historic set was the backdrop, as most players were photographed at their home field, including Wrigley Field, as depicted in the image above.

SQUARE corner versions

Other fantastic Cubs that were included in this collection

Boudreau provided play-by-play commentary for Cub games for numerous years, and he was also part of this 1947 Bond Bread (D305) set. Additionally, he served as the radio play-by-play announcer for the Chicago Bulls and Chicago Blackhawks broadcasts for WGN radio and television as well.

Great Cubs Slugger Ralph Kiner

Can you identify this stadium? It's quite old, especially when you notice horses and buggies on the streets.

above photo From Wikipedia

1887-89 Old Judge Cabinets (N173)

Number of Cards

Old Judge Cabinets has 113 cards, which there are 23 Cubs players with many varations.

Size of Cards

The cards are the following dimensions: 4 1/4" x 6 1/2"

Basic Features

The N173 set is an expanded cabinet card variant of the N172 cards, showcasing identical poses to those in the Old Judge Set. These images are affixed to beige cardboard backs, but can also be found with yellowish, pinkish, brown, black, and red backing. They were acquired as premiums, requiring 20 coupons to exchange for a single card.

Old Judge Cabinets Chicago Cubs Checklist

Player

Cap Anson

Kid Baldwin

Charles Bastian

Charles Brynan

John Carroll

Jimmy Cooney

Tom Daly

Hugh Duffy

John Dwyer

Charles Farrell

Sidney Farrar

Silver Flint

Addison Gumbert

Bill Hutchinson

Gus Krock

Fred Pfeffer

James Ryan

Charles Sprague

Marty Sullivan

Patsy Tebeau

John Tener

Rip Van Haltren

Ned Williamson