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   Topps - 1952

Notes: Card fronts feature portraits of distinguished persons;card backs have descriptive text 
with trivia questions where the answer can be revealed by using red cellophane. Besides packs/boxes, cards were also sold in cellophane packs and in bulk bricks. Items that have 
been identified as "short prints," usually because the card was included on only one printing 
plate, are shown with a "*" below. American Card Catalog reference is R714-16. Scans are 
posted at the Vintage Non-Sports Cards gallery.

No.   Title                        Renown                  Subset

  1 * Franklin D. Roosevelt        Pres. U.S. 1933-1945    Presidents No.  2
  2 * Woodrow Wilson               Pres. U.S. 1913-1921    Presidents No.  3
  3   Thomas Jefferson             Pres. U.S. 1801-1809    Presidents No.  8
  4 * Abraham Lincoln              Pres. U.S. 1861-1865    Presidents No.  1
  5   Harry Truman                 Pres. U.S. 1945-1953    Presidents No.  9
  6 * Theodore Roosevelt           Pres. U.S. 1901-1909    Presidents No.  6
  7   Ulysses S. Grant             Pres. U.S. 1869-1877    Presidents No.  4
  8   Andrew Jackson               Pres. U.S. 1829-1837    Presidents No.  5
  9   George Washington            Pres. U.S. 1789-1797    Presidents No.  7
 10   Gen. G. W. Goethals          Engineer                Famous Americans No.  2
 11   Nathan Hale                  Patriot                 Famous Americans No. 13
 12   Francis Scott Key            Composer                Famous Americans No. 14
 13   Wilbur Wright                Inventor                Famous Americans No. 22
 14   Jefferson Davis              Confederate Pres.       Famous Americans No.  9
 15 * Babe Ruth                    Baseball Player         Famous Americans No.  8
 16   Paul Revere                  Patriot                 Famous Americans No. 12
 17   Patrick Henry                Patriot                 Famous Americans No. 11
 18   Washington Irving            Author                  Famous Americans No. 10
 19   Alexander Hamilton           Patriot                 Famous Americans No.  1
 20 * Albert Einstein              Scientist               Famous Americans No. 18
 21 * Benjamin Franklin            Patriot                 Famous Americans No. 17
 22 * Daniel Webster               Orator                  Famous Americans No.  6
 23   James A. McNeill Whistler    Artist                  Famous Americans No.  4
 24   Phineas T. Barnum            Showman                 Famous Americans No.  5
 25 * George Eastman               Manufacturer            Famous Americans No. 21
 26 * Geo. Washington Carver       Scientist               Famous Americans No. 20
 27   Luther Burbank               Botanist                Famous Americans No.  7
 28   Stephen Foster               Composer                Famous Americans No. 16
 29   Mark Twain                   Author                  Famous Americans No. 15
 30 * Col. Charles A. Lindbergh    Aviator                 Famous Americans No.  3
 31 * Henry Ford                   Automobile Producer     Famous Americans No. 19
 32 * Gen. Douglas MacArthur       Soldier                 Military Leaders No.  1
 33   Comm. Oliver H. Perry        Naval Hero              Military Leaders No.  8
 34 * Gen. Robert E. Lee           Soldier                 Military Leaders No.  4
 35   Gen. Matthew Ridgeway        Soldier                 Military Leaders No.  9
 36 * Gen. Claire Chennault        Soldier                 Military Leaders No. 10
 37   Gen. George A. Custer        Indian Fighter          Military Leaders No. 11
 38   Stephen Decatur              Naval Hero              Military Leaders No.  6
 39   Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.   Soldier                 Military Leaders No.  3
 40   Stonewall Jackson            Soldier                 Military Leaders No.  5
 41   Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower    Soldier                 Military Leaders No.  2
 42 * John Paul Jones              Naval Hero              Military Leaders No.  7
 43 * Eleanor Roosevelt            U.N. Delegate           Famous Women No.  3
 44   Cleopatra                    Queen of Egypt          Famous Women No.  1
 45 * Amelia Earhart               Aviatrix                Famous Women No.  2
 46   Annie Oakley                 Crack Shot              Famous Women No.  4
 47 * Admiral Peary                Explorer                Explorers No.  4
 48   Ferdinand Magellan           Explorer                Explorers No.  6
 49   Ponce De Leon                Explorer                Explorers No.  1
 50   Admiral Byrd                 Explorer                Explorers No.  5
 51 * Christopher Columbus         Explorer                Explorers No.  3
 52   Balboa                       Explorer                Explorers No.  2
 53   Kit Carson                   Scout                   Men of the West No.  3
 54   Buffalo Bill                 Scout                   Men of the West No.  1
 55 * Daniel Boone                 Pioneer                 Men of the West No.  2
 56 * Geronimo                     Indian Chief            Men of the West No.  9
 57 * Jesse James                  Outlaw                  Men of the West No.  4
 58   Sitting Bull                 Indian Chief            Men of the West No.  8
 59   Cochise                      Indian Chief            Men of the West No. 10
 60 * Wild Bill Hickok             Sheriff                 Men of the West No.  5
 61   Sam Houston                  Soldier                 Men of the West No.  7
 62 * Bat Masterson                Western Sheriff         Men of the West No. 11
 63   Billy the Kid                Outlaw                  Men of the West No.  6
 64   Winston Churchill            English Leader          World Figures No.  2
 65   Mahatma Ghandi               Leader                  World Figures No.  1
 66   Wiulliam Shakespeare         English Playwright      World Figures No.  4
 67   Napoleon Bonaparte           French Leader           World Figures No.  3
 68   Sir Isaac Newton             English Scientist       World Figures No.  5
 69   Giuglielmo Marconi           Inventor                Inventors No.  4
 70 * Samuel B. F. Morse           Inventor                Inventors No.  5
 71   Thomas A. Edison             Inventor                Inventors No.  3
 72   Cyrus H. McCormick           Inventor                Inventors No.  2
 73   Robert Fulton                Inventor                Inventors No.  6
 74   Alexander Graham Bell        Inventor                Inventors No.  7
 75 * Elias Howe                   Inventor                Inventors No.  1
 76   Louis Pasteur                Scientist               World Figures 2nd Series No.  9
 77   William Penn                 American Patriot        Famous Americans 2nd Series No.  5
 78 * Thomas Paine                 Writer                  Famous Americans 2nd Series No.  6
 79   Edgar Allan Poe              Writer                  Famous Writers No.  3
 80   Will Rogers                  Humorist                Famous Americans 2nd Series No.  8
 81   Sir Walter Raleigh           Explorer                Explorers 2nd Series No.  5
 82** Rembrandt                    Artist                  World Figures 2nd Series No.  7
 83 * Clara Barton                 Humanitarian            Famous Women 2nd Series No.  1
 84 * Julius Caesar                Roman Emperor           World Figures 2nd Series No. 13
 85   Chiang Kai-Shek              Chinese General         World Figures 2nd Series No.  1
 86   Benvenuto Cellini            Artist                  World Figures 2nd Series No.  4
 87   Marie Curie                  Scientist               Famous Women 2nd Series No.  7
 88 * Roald Amundsen               Explorer                Explorers 2nd Series No.  1
 89   Hans Christian Anderson      Writer                  Famous Writers No.  9
 90 * Benedict Arnold              Traitor                 Famous Americans 2nd Series No.  1
 91   Enrico Caruso                Singer                  Famous Americans 2nd Series No.  2
 92   Louis Daguerre               Inventor                World Figures 2nd Series No. 10
 93   Admiral George Dewey         Naval Hero              Famous Americans 2nd Series No. 16
 94   Sir Francis Drake            Explorer                Explorers 2nd Series No.  2
 95   Alfred E. Smith              Statesman               Famous Americans 2nd Series No. 12
 96   Tecumseh                     Indian Chief            Famous Americans 2nd Series No. 13
 97   Jules Verne                  Writer                  Famous Writers No.  6
 98 * Adlai Stevenson              Statesman               Famous Americans 2nd Series No. 10
 99   Lester B. Pearson            U.N. Delegate           Famous Canadians No.  2
100   Lord William Beaverbrook     Statesman               Famous Canadians No.  1
101 * Daniel De Foe                Author                  Famous Writers No. 10
102   Anne of Cleves               Queen of England        Famous Women 2nd Series No.  6
103   Duke of Windsor              King of England 1936    World Figures 2nd Series No.  2
104   Queen Elizabeth II           Queen of England        Famous Women 2nd Series No.  5
105 * Leonardo Da Vinci            Artist                  World Figures 2nd Series No.  5
106   Machiavelli                  Statesman               World Figures 2nd Series No. 12
107 * George C. Marshall           General                 Famous Americans 2nd Series No.  4
108   Michelangelo                 Artist                  World Figures 2nd Series No.  6
109   Admiral Horatio Nelson       Naval Hero              World Figures 2nd Series No. 18
110 * Nero                         Roman Emperor           World Figures 2nd Series No. 15
111   Florence Nightingale         Humanitarian            Famous Women 2nd Series No.  4
112 * John D. Rockefeller          Industrialist           Famous Americans 2nd Series No.  9
113   Sir Walter Scott             Writer                  Famous Writers No.  8
114   Percy Bysshe Shelley         Poet                    Famous Writers No.  4
115   John Philip Sousa            Composer                Famous Americans 2nd Series No. 11
116   Robert Louis Stevenson       Writer                  Famous Writers No.  5
117   Arturo Toscanini             Conductor               Famous Americans 2nd Series No. 15
118 * Amerigo Vespucci             Explorer                Explorers 2nd Series No.  6
119   H. G. Wells                  Writer                  Famous Writers No.  7
120   Wendell Wilkie               Statesman               Famous Americans 2nd Series No. 14
121   Emile Zola                   Writer                  Famous Writers No.  1
122   Capt. William Kidd           Pirate                  World Figures 2nd Series No. 17
123   Sir Henry Morgan             Pirate                  World Figures 2nd Series No. 16
124   Charles Darwin               Scientist               Famous Americans 2nd Series No.  7
125   Charles Dickens              Writer                  Famous Writers No.  2
126 * Leif Ericson                 Explorer                Explorers 2nd Series No.  3
127   Galileo                      Scientist               World Figures 2nd Series No.  8
128   Genghis Khan                 Conqueror               World Figures 2nd Series No. 14
129   Johannes Gutenberg           Inventor                World Figures 2nd Series No. 11
130 * Victor Herbert               Composer                Famous Americans 2nd Series No.  3
131 * Henry Hudson                 Explorer                Explorers 2nd Series No.  4
132   Henry VIII                   King of England         World Figures 2nd Series No.  3
133 * Joan of Arc                  French Heroine          Famous Women 2nd Series No.  2
134 * Lafayette                    Military Hero           World Figures 2nd Series No. 19
135   Dolly Madison                President's Wife        Famous Women 2nd Series No.  3


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