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Help me ID these cards I found please
« on: August 14, 2017, 11:03:45 PM »
 

orion

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Bought these at an estate sale recently and I can't find anything similar. Has anyone seen any like these before?
Here's the imgur album: http://imgur.com/a/5xDpB
 

Re: Help me ID these cards I found please
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2017, 12:53:45 PM »
 

TheBadJoker

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These appear to be an advertising pack from Beirut printed in the mid-1950's featuring scantily clad women. Not a lot of value here but a nice collectible.
 

Re: Help me ID these cards I found please
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2017, 01:55:40 AM »
 

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These appear to be an advertising pack from Beirut printed in the mid-1950's featuring scantily clad women. Not a lot of value here but a nice collectible.

Based strictly on the fashions shown in the imagery on the cards, I might even wager a guess at early 1960s, but it's just a guess.  If it is 1950s, I'd say late '50s rather than early '50s.  The cars on the joker look more '50s, but the clothing on the women looks later.
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