Complete set of 156, each card is 2x3". Issued in 1954. ACC# R714-19. Choice art on fronts, backs are bw and designed like a newspaper headline for subject matter of that card. Featured are famous events from throughout time and world wide in scope with subject matter such as Lindbergh, Pearl Harbor, Lincoln assassination, Custer, SF earthquake, Hindenburg, Titanic, Boston Tea Party, stock market crash, Joan of Arc, Troy falls to Greeks, Columbus, 1939 Expo, and much more. There are a number of sports related events (some of the key cards in this set) including Babe Ruth, Bob Feller, Ben Hogan, Jesse Owens, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, John L. Sullivan, Dempsey and others. Card #13 "TR Rough Riders" still has the "Scratch Off" bands on the front. All others are w/o this. Set has typical moderate wear/aging. Overall grades as VG to VG/EX. Comes w/pair of waxed paper wrappers, each about 4.5x5". These are 1¢ and 5¢ varieties. Similar but different "Scoop" headline designs. Both w/creases as once folded but both are clean. Fine. A superb Topps issue popular with both sport and non-sports card collectors.