WALT DISNEY AND COMIC CHARACTER COMPLETE CUBAN CARD ALBUM.
Item Description
7.5x9.5”. c. 1939 and issued by “La Estrella” chocolate/snack company. 20 pages. Contains complete set of 100 numbered card stock cards. Great front cover art features 2 scenes, 1 of Snow White with Donald Duck and Dopey and the other of Popeye holding a picture of Olive Oyl while riding on Pluto’s back. Back cover is La Estrella ad. Cards are each 2x2.75” with full color character art. Three also feature photos of “Walt Disney, Max Fleischer, E. C. Segar.” Disney characters include Mickey, Minnie, Horace, Clarabelle, Pluto, Goofy, Donald, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Three Little Pigs, Big Bad Wolf and Three Little Wolves, Little Hiawatha, Ferdinand, Donald’s nephews, Robber Kitten, Tortoise and Hare, Elmer Elephant, others. Comic characters (both major and minor) from comic strips and cartoons include Katzenjammer Kids, Popeye, Betty Boop, Little King, Alley Oop, Mandrake, Tarzan, Maggie and Jiggs, Felix, Pete the Tramp, Mutt and Jeff, Little Annie Rooney, others. Each page features repeated design around the cards of some of these characters including Donald, Betty Boop, Dopey, Swee ‘Pea, others. Album has obvious all-over wear with brown tape reinforcement on inside/outside of spine. However, still has loose pages and edge wear, several pages have numerous tears, one with small corner piece missing. Album itself Good. Cards have scattered trace of typical aging as mounted but overall remain clean and with nice art. Cards basically VG to Exc., some N. Mint as mounted. Nice album with great content. From the Richard Merkin Collection and comes with Hake's COA.