Merrie Spaeth Collection of Davy Crockett Trading Cards
name: label: Donor
content: Spaeth, Merrie
label: Publisher
content: Topps
label: Names
content: Crockett, Davy, 1786-1836
label: Names
content: Parker, Fess
topic: label: Topic
content: Collectors and collecting
label: Topic
content: Motion pictures
label: Topic
content: Popular culture
label: Topic
content: Collectibles
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated by Merrie Spaeth in 2004.
creator: label: Donor
content: Spaeth, Merrie
label: Publisher
content: Topps
setName: label: See more items in
content: Merrie Spaeth Collection of Davy Crockett Trading Cards
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Topps Chewing Gum Company issued the "Davy Crockett" trading card series in 1956, after the extremely popular Disney film starring Fess Parker had been released. The film was so popular that coonskin caps and other memorabilia from the film, such as lunch boxes, were in high demand.   The first series (the orange backed cards) were extremely popular but desire for them quickly waned, apparently (according to Price Guide to the Non-Sports Cards, 1930-1960) because the sorting in the packages enabled too easy an accumulation of the full set.  As an attempt to solve this problem, later that year, the green backed series was issued, and inexplicably, the cards were numbered 1-80, just as the first set had been, only with the letter "A" added.  The second series was far less popular than the first.  This collection includes a full set of both series.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.25 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1956.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0873
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Collecting cards
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Catherine Keen, December 2004.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Collecting cards
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: One hundred sixty (160) cards, with color photographs of scenes from the Disney film "Davy Crockett" on one side, and a number, title, (such as "Bowie's Last Stand"), and a synopsis of the scene on the other side.  The collection is divided into two series, the first series being the orange backed cards, which were issued first, and Series two consists of the green-backed cards, issued later.