Card-O Aircraft Recognition Cards (R112-9), Leaf Gum Company, Airplane Trade Cards

Card-O “Aircraft Recognition Cards” (R112-9)
Leaf Gum Company, United States

Series Title: Aircraft Recognition Cards (Card-O)
ACC No.: R112-9
Manufactured by: Leaf Gum Company, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Packaged With: unknown
Number of Cards: 9
Numbering: unnumbered
Card Dimensions: 2¼ × 3½ inches with rounded corners (Playing Card Format)
Circa: World War II
Checklist: Download

“Aircraft Recognition Cards” (R112-9)

This small set of nine (9) Card-O “Aircraft Recognition Cards” (R112-9) may have originally been issued as part of the Card-O “Mixed Series” (R112-12) set. However, this speculation has never been confirmed and the set's origin appears be lost in history. All nine of the cards are of the standard PLC format with rounded corners. The artwork on the fronts of the cards are presented in a portrait format, and feature a 3-view drawings of the subject aircraft showing front, bottom, and side views. A title line appears below the side-view drawing and denotes the manufacturer, designation, nickname and type of aircraft. The reverse side includes the card's title plus a descriptive text of the subject aircraft. We currently have no information of the packaging scheme (i.e. wrappers, retail display boxes, etc.) for the series. The American Card Catalog reference number for the series is R112-9.

Typical R112-9 Aircraft Recognition Cards, Card Front

Typical R112-9 Aircraft Recognition Cards, Card Back

Image Guide ^1,2,3

Images of the fronts and Backs of all nine cards are presented below. It's interesting to note that one of the cards, the “B-25 Mitchell” card, has a mismatch between the front and Back card titles. The incorrect title on the front of the card is “Consolidated B-25 Mitchell” while the proper title on the reverse side of the card is “North American B-25 Mitchell.” We do not know whether or not this card was corrected and reissued.

Checklist

We have included two versions of checklist: (1) the web version shown below, and (2) an Adobe® Acrobat® PDF 8½ × 11 inch format checklist.

“Aircraft Recognition Cards” (R112-9) Leaf Gum Company, Card-O Series Checklist
N/A	X	Card Front Title	Card Back Title
1		Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Heavy Bomber	Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress • U.S.A.
2		Curtiss SBC-4 Cleveland, Scout Bomber	Curtiss SBC-4 Cleveland • U.S.A.
3		De Havilland Mosquito, Light Bomber	De Havilland Mosquito • British
4		Douglas A-20-A Havoc, Attack Bomber	Douglas A-20A Havoc • U.S.A.
5		Grumman F4F-1 Wildcat, Navy Fighter	Grumman F4F-1 Wildcat • U.S.A.
6		Lockheed P-38 Lightning, Pursuit	Lockheed P-38 Lightning • U.S.A.
7		Martin PBM-1 Mariner, Patrol Bomber	Martin PBM-1 Mariner • U.S.A.
8		Consolidated B-25, Medium Bomber (error)	North American B-25 Mitchell • U.S.A.
9		Supermarine Spitfire, Single Seat Fighter	Supermarine Spitfire • British

Special Thanks

A very special thanks to Albert B. Kramer¹, President of Roll-EZ Wheels, Inc., and “Super Collector” the late Richard Dahlquist² of Holden, MA for helping with this collection.

In memory of the late Richard Dahlquist … airplane card “Super Collector”

References

Kramer, Albert B. R112-9 high-resolution scan of cards fronts and Backs
Dahlquist, Richard. Personal correspondence and numerous emails
Shupek, John A., Card images via the Skytamer Archive