WESTERN THEATER COMIC STRIPS AND MOVIE CARTOONS 1930s COMPLETE SET OF 48 BUTTONS W/YELLOW ACCENT.

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Unless you are familiar with the Hake/Levin book Buttons In Sets 1896-1972 (page 29) this set needs some background. This litho button set comes in two sizes: smaller 13/16" in bw/red or larger 7/8" in both bw/red or like this set being offered bw/red with small touch of bright yellow. In addition, the 7/8" size comes with or without the the issuer address in Chicago or Los Angeles on the curl: Western Theatre Premium Co. All sets include the same characters but with small design variations. The set being offered is 7/8", some naming Western Theatre Premium Co. with Chicago address and some without maker's name. For this yellow accent set, no examples have been seen for #39 ("Ella") and #48 ("Blackie") so while buttons are numbered 1-50 there were actually only 48 issued with yellow accent. This is overall a high grade set with just six having a small dent or paint wear. The other 42 are Exc. to NM. Includes characters that debuted in the early 1900s up to the early 1930s (but no Disney). The biggest names are: Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (credited to Walter Lantz/Bill Nolan) Looney Tune's Bosko, Krazy and Kitty Kat credited to Charles Mintz, Betty Boop plus Bimbo and Ko-Ko, Barney Google, Tillie, Jiggs, Popeye, Andy Gump, Old Doc Yak, Skeezix and 34 others. There are very few full sets of any variety and with the yellow accent this read more

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