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LONE RANGER CARDS
The Lone Ranger is an American, long-running, old-time radio and early television show created by George W. Trendle (with considerable input from station staff members), and developed by writer Fran Striker.
The eponymous character is a masked Texas Ranger in the American Old West, originally played by Paul Halliwell, who gallops about righting injustices with the aid of his clever, laconic American Indian assistant, Tonto. Departing on his white horse Silver, the Ranger would famously say "Hi-yo, Silver, away!" as the horse galloped toward the setting sun.
On the radio and TV-series, the usual opening announcement was:
| “ | A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust, and a hearty 'Hi-yo, Silver, away!' The Lone Ranger! | ” |
MORE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lone_Ranger
48 cards--1940 Published by Gum, Inc.
http://www.skytamer.com/3.1.L.R83.htm
In the middle of the 20th century they were
called bubble gum cards, but they could also be found in a box of cereal or a
loaf of bread. The product really wasn’t that important to youngsters, but the
colorful cardboard collector cards that came with it were.
Bubble gum cards ruled the world of a lot of adolescents in the 1950s and 1960s.
Their colorful stiff-back images surged with everything from comic book heroes
and television stars, to space ships and sleek automobiles. Pocket-sized
treasures provided personal illustrations of Tarzan, Calamity Jane, Robin Hood,
Zorro and lots of other exciting characters.
The bubble gum card had an ancestor in the cigarette card of the 1880s. Such
cards helped protect a frail package of cigarettes initially but the public
became fascinated with them. The content of these adult-oriented cards ranged
from bike riders to burlesque performers, and from heroic dogs to women in
professional occupations. By the 1890s, a card collector purchasing enough
cigarettes could select from battle scenes, clipper ships, comic characters,
presidential candidates, flowers, and both Roman and Greek goddesses.
MORE: http://www.antiquetrader.com/article/Bubble_gum_cards_brought_big_fun_in_their_day/
The Lone Ranger trading cards, printed by Gum Inc. of Philadelphia, PA, served to promote the movie serials of 1938-1940. There were 48 cards in the series. The front featured an exciting scene from one of the movies and the back contained a description of the the story. The cards also came with a message for parents and teachers pointing out the benefits of collecting them.
MORE: http://www.thrillingdays.com/trading-cards/tradingcard-04.html
Manufactured by Dart Flipcards in 1997
The
Lone Ranger's Silver Bullet - The Lone Ranger (a.k.a."The Masked
Rider of the Plains") maintained law and order on the western
adventure THE LONE RANGER/ABC/1949-57. Traveling with his faithful Indian
companion Tonto (Jay Silverheels) the Lone
Ranger
(played by Clayton Moore & John Hart) righted wrongs during the frontier
days of the Old West. Though he didn't use a traditional calling card, the
masked rider did have a unique way of identifying himself. He carried around
silver bullets. He either left them at the scene of an encounter to let people
know he had been there; or he presented one to a town sheriff to convince him
that he was not just a run of the mill masked criminal but one of the good guys.
The Lone Ranger used silver bullets to remind him to shoot only when necessary
because life like silver was too precious to waste.
MORE: http://www.tvacres.com/greetings_lone.htm
ARCADE CARDS
Arcade cards were first created by the Exhibit Supply Company of Chicago, IL, in 1901 and ended in 1981. The cards were 3 3/8"x 5" and featured promotional photos of movie stars, prize fighters, baseball players, and cowboy-western stars. They were first printed in black & white (as seen above) and finally in color lithography (as seen seen here).
MORE: http://www.thrillingdays.com/arcade-cards/index.html
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