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   Topps - 1954

Notes:  This set features color artwork on the fronts, with a "pseudo" newspaper 
article with headline and illustration on the backs. When originally issued, the cards 
had broad scratch-off bands that had to be removed to see the "secret" information 
on the cards. Generally the cards are considered less collectible with the scratch-off 
bands intact, partly because the quality of the underlying images cannot be judged 
after the many years. The cards were issued in two series, with half of the set in 
each; Series Two cards (79-156) tend to be more scarce. American Card Catalog 
reference is R714-19. Scans are posted at the Vintage Non-Sports Cards gallery.

No.   Title                                 Date

SERIES ONE

  1   San Francisco Earthquake              April 18, 1906
  2   Fire Sweeps Chicago                   October 8, 1871
  3   Lindbergh Flies Atlantic              May 21, 1927
  4   Battleship Maine Blown Up             February 15, 1898
  5   Lusitania Sinks                       May 17, 1815
  6   Lincoln Shot                          April 14, 1865
  7   Monitor Battles Merrimac              March 9, 1862
  8   Alamo Falls                           March 6, 1836
  9   Garfield Shot                         July 2, 1881
 10   Panama Canal Opened                   August 15, 1914
 11   Statue of Liberty Unveiled            October 28, 1886
 12   First Atom Bomb Dropped               August 6, 1945
 13   Victory for Rough Riders              July 1, 1898
 14   President Mckinley Shot               September 6, 1901
 15   First Airplane Flight                 December 17, 1903
 16   D-Day Landing on Normandy             June 6, 1944
 17   S.S. Titanic Sinks                    April 15, 1912
 18   World War I Declared                  August 2, 1914
 19   Pearl Harbor Attacked                 December 7, 1941
 20   Hindenburg Burns                      May 6, 1937
 21   Us Troops Reach France                June 26, 1917
 22   United Nations Born                   June 26, 1945
 23   War in Korea                          June 25, 1950
 24   Retreat From Dunkirk                  May 26, 1940
 25   King Edward Abdicates                 December 11, 1936
 26   Atlantic Charter Drafted              August 14, 1941
 27   Bob Feller Strikeout King             October 2, 1938
 28   Boston Tea Party                      December 16, 1773
 29   Battle of Britain                     September 15, 1940
 30   Landings on North Africa              November 8, 1942
 31   Roosevelt Wins 4th Term               November 7, 1944
 32   World War II Begins                   September 1, 1939
 33   Macarthur Returns                     October 20, 1944
 34   Doolittle Bombs Tokyo                 April 18, 1942
 35   Gold Discovered                       January 24, 1848
 36   Marines Land at Iwo Jima              February 19, 1945
 37   John Brown's Raid                     October 16, 1859
 38   Oklahoma Land Rush                    April 22, 1889
 39   Dempsey Defeats Williard              July 4, 1919
 40   Joe Louis New Champ                   June 22, 1937
 41   Babe Ruth Sets Record                 September 30, 1927
 42   Massacre in Chicago                   February 14, 1929
 43   Normandie Capsizes                    February 9, 1942
 44   East Meets West                       May 10, 1869
 45   Custer's Last Stand                   June 25, 1876
 46   Pony Express Starts                   April 3, 1860
 47   Armistice Signed                      November 11, 1918
 48   Blizzard Sweeps New York              March 11, 1888
 49   Black Tom Explodes                    July 30, 1916
 50   Fulton's Steamboat                    August 17, 1807
 51   Washington Inaugurated                April 30, 1789
 52   Queen Elizabeth II Crowned            June 2, 1953
 53   Gandhi Murdered                       January 30, 1948
 54   Stock Market Crashes                  October 29, 1929
 55   Peary Discovers North Pole            April 6, 1909
 56   Byrd Reaches South Pole               November 28, 1929
 57   Victory in Europe                     May 8, 1945
 58   Japanese Surrender                    September 2, 1945
 59   Big 3 Meet at Yalta                   February 11, 1945
 60   Acrobat Crosses Niagara               September 14, 1860
 61   Berlin Airlift Begins                 April 1, 1948
 62   Bandits Rob Brink's                   January 14, 1950
 63   Morro Castle Burns                    September 8, 1934
 64   Quintuplets Born                      May 28, 1934
 65   Marciano Ko's Walcott                 September 23, 1952
 66   Jet Breaks Speed Record               October 29, 1953
 67   Korea Truce Signed                    July 27, 1953
 68   Jet Passes Sound Barrier              October 14, 1947
 69   Piccard Descends 2 Miles under Sea    September 30, 1953
 70   Mount Everest Climbed                 May 28, 1953
 71   John L Sullivan Defeated              September 7, 1892
 72   Ederle Swims Channel                  August 16, 1926
 73   Johnstown Flooded                     May 31, 1889
 74   Mussolini Dead                        April 27, 1945
 75   Dillinger Shot                        July 22, 1934
 76   Brooklyn Bridge Opened                May 24, 1883
 77   Hurricane in Florida                  September 19, 1947
 78   War with Mexico                       May 13, 1846

SERIES TWO

 79   British Lose at New Orleans           January 8, 1815
 80   Nathan Hale Hanged                    September 22, 1776
 81   John Paul Jones Wins Naval Battle     September 24, 1779
 82   Hamilton Shot in Duel                 July 11, 1804
 83   Battle of Manila Bay                  May 1, 1898
 84   Chief Red Cloud Defeated              August 2, 1867
 85   Jesse James Robs Train                July 21, 1873
 86   Indians Defeat Gen. Crook             June 17, 1876
 87   Joan of Arc Burned                    May 30, 1431
 88   Troy Falls to Greeks                  February 4, 1184 B.C.
 89   Rome Burned                           September 13, 64 A.D.
 90   Columbus Discovers America            October 12, 1492
 91   Pompeii Destroyed                     June 28, 79 A.D.
 92   U.S. Navy Battles Pirates             February 16, 1804
 93   United States Gets Flag               June 14, 1777
 94   Lewis and Clark Reach Pacific         November 7, 1805
 95   Chief Sitting Bull Killed             December 15, 1890
 96   Geronimo Surrenders                   September 3, 1886
 97   Captain Kidd Hanged                   May 24, 1701
 98   Witch Hunts in Salem                  September 22, 1692
 99   Fort Sumter Surrenders                April 13, 1861
100   Battle of Tippecanoe                  November 7, 1811
101   Perry Opens Door to Japan             June 13, 1854
102   Stanley Finds Livingston              November 10, 1871
103   Magellan's Ship Circles World         September 16, 1522
104   Pilgrims Land at Plymouth             December 26, 1620
105   U.S.S. Panay Sunk                     December 12, 1937
106   Bridge Crashes                        November 7, 1940
107   Circus Blaze                          July 6, 1944
108   Skyscraper Crash                      July 28, 1945
109   Bikini A-Bomb Test                    June 30, 1946
110   Notre Dame's 4 Horsemen               November 17, 1923
111   Declaration of Independence           July 4, 1776
112   General Braddock Defeated             July 9, 1755
113   Spanish Armada Defeated               July 29, 1588
114   Suez Canal Opened                     November 17, 1869
115   Napoleon Loses at Waterloo            June 18, 1815
116   Daimler Tests First Auto              November 10, 1886
117   Flagpole-Sitting Record Set           July 20, 1930
118   Julius Caesar Assassinated            March 15, 44 B.C.
119   Plague Sweeps London                  May 8, 1665
120   Mutiny on the Bounty                  April 28, 1789
121   West Point Trains Cadets              April 29, 1812
122   Wild Bill Hickok Shot                 August 5, 1876
123   Boy Scouts Organized                  February 8, 1910
124   Top Nazis to Hang                     September 30, 1946
125   New State of Isreal                   May 14, 1948
126   Carlsen Quits Sinking Ship            January 10, 1952
127   Flying Saucers                        July 29, 1952
128   Jesse Owens Races Horse               December 26, 1936
129   Ben Hogan New Golf King               July 10, 1953
130   Braves Go to Milwaukee                March 18, 1953
131   Corrigan Flies Wrong Way              July 17, 1938
132   Eisenhower Elected                    November 4, 1952
133   Erie Canal Opened                     October 26, 1825
134   First Balloon Flight                  June 5, 1783
135   Flood Kills Hundreds                  May 18, 1927
136   Franklin Roosevelt Dies               April 12, 1945
137   New York World's Fair                 April 30, 1939
138   Radar Beam Reaches Moon               January 10, 1946
139   Air Speed Record Set                  November 20, 1953
140   British Burn White House              August 24, 1814
141   Cornwallis Surrenders                 October 19, 1781
142   Gold Stored at Fort Knox              June 23, 1938
143   Louis XVI Guillotined                 January 21, 1793
144   Franklin's Famous Experiment          June 14, 1752
145   Brodie Jumps off Brooklyn Birdge      July 24, 1886
146   Liberty or Death                      March 23, 1775
147   Indians Sell Manhattan                April 1, 1623
148   U.S. Buys Louisiana                   October 19, 1803
149   Leif Ericsson Finds Finland           April 17, 1000 A.D.
150   Pocahontas Saves Colonist             March 22, 1608
151   United States Buys Alaska             March 30, 1867
152   Ship Sets Speed Record                July 15, 1952
153   T.V.A. Completed                      July 16, 1945
154   26-Inning Tie                         May 1, 1920
155   Charge of the Light Brigade           October 25, 1854
156   World's Largest Telescope Built       June 3, 1948


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