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You are here: Home / Movie Collectibles / 1902 Craddock’s Blue Soap Actors & Actresses Playing Cards

1902 Craddock’s Blue Soap Actors & Actresses Playing Cards

reverse1902 Craddock’s Blue Soap Actors & Actresses Playing Cards.

Issued by The Eureka Soap Company out of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Each card pictures a turn of the century theatrical actor or actress on one side. Blazing blue and gold Craddock’s Blue Soap ad on the other.

Date is taken from 1902 magazine advertisements offering the deck of theatrical stars.

Each card measures approximately 2-1/2″ X 3-1/2″.

This page is intended to provide you will all of the possible tools required to view, research, collect, and even purchase the cards in this set, as well as the classic film stars included in this set.

1902 Craddock’s Blue Soap Actors & Actresses Gallery

The following gallery includes images of the front of all 53 cards from this 1902 deck of Playing Cards plus one example of the beautiful reverse side and images of each side of the box they were sold in. Text checklist follows below.

Just click on any image to open to full size and from there you can scroll through them all.

jk-de-wolf-hopper
reverse
c2-gus-rogers
c3-grace-george
c4-isadore-rush
c5-edward-j-connelly
c6-jefferson-de-angelis
c7-robert-b-mantell
c8-re-graham
c9-edward-j-morgan
c10-kyrle-bellew
cj-william-faversham
cq-maxine-elliott
ck-eh-sothern
ca-eleanora-duse
d2-adele-ritchie
d3-bonnie-magin
d4-sadie-martinot
d5-lizzie-hudson-collier
d6-grace-henderson
d7-vivian-blackburn
d8-mrs-patrick-campbell
d9-edna-wallace-hopper
d10-byron-douglas
dj-james-t-powers
dq-anna-held
dk-nat-c-goodwin
da-hilda-spong
h2-julia-kingsley
h3-mabelle-gilman
h4-caroline-butterfield
h5-nellie-oneill
h6-charlotte-walker
h7-belle-s-robinson
h8-adine-bouvier
h9-florence-rockwell
h10-james-oneill
hj-louis-mann
hq-viola-allen
hk-otis-skinner
ha-lulu-glaser
s2-phoebe-davis
s3-mrs-sarah-cowell-le-moyne
s4-eleanor-robson
s5-bertha-galland
s6-angela-dolores
s7-clara-lipman
s8-dorothy-morton
s9-truly-shattuck
s10-thomas-m-reynolds
sj-max-rogers
sq-julia-marlowe
sk-wilton-lackaye
sa-marcia-van-dresser
box-a
box-b

All of the Following By Diana Savage

The following text and the detailed research composing the checklist below the gallery were submitted to Immortal Ephemera in 2005 by Diana Savage. Very special thanks to Diana for this valuable information, now I turn the page over to her:

These are advertising cards produced by the Eureka Soap Company of Cincinnati, Ohio. They feature stage stars from the early 1900s. Each card features a different star similar to the better known MJ Moriarty playing cards of 1916. The Craddock cards, unlike the Moriarty cards, are theater memorabilia not movie memorabilia. However, the early films made extensive use of theater stars and 22 of the featured individuals are credited by IMDb as having made films. As such these cards are one of the few places that very early stars of films can be found.

I have done my best to date these cards. They most certainly were published between 1898 when Bertha Galland first appeared on stage (Rusche) and within a few years of 1903 when Clare Lipman was forced to retire from the stage due to a hurt arm (Adler & Vizetelly). [Cliff’s note, 2011: Definitely 1902, see above.]

Using a rule of thumb that assumed that few of the actress’s would have been become famous enough to appear on cards before their 15th birthday, an age approximate to the age of Blanche Sweet’s and Mary Pickford’s when they first become known, I was able to narrow this down the earliest probable publication date to 1902 or 1903. These dates could easily be a few years off and more conservative estimate places the publication of these cards as being between 1900 and 1905.

Following is a complete list of the cards as well as some basic biographical data on the represented stars:

1902 Craddock’s Blue Soap Actors & Actresses Checklist

Card Star Birth Stage Début 1st Film Last Film Last on Stage Death
2D Adele Ritchie 1874   N/A N/A   1930
3D Bonnie Magin     N/A N/A    
4D Sadie Martinot 1861   N/A N/A   1923
5D Lizzie Hudson Collier c.1864   N/A N/A   1924
6D Grace Henderson 1860   1909 1919   1944
7D Vivian Blackburn     1914 1915    
8D Mrs. Patrick Campbell 1865 1888 1920 1935   1940
9D Edna Wallace Hopper 1874   1916 1916   1959
10D Byron Douglas c.1865   1919 1929   1935
JD James Powers     N/A N/A    
QD Anna Held 1872   1910 1916   1918
KD Nat C. Goodwin 1859 1874 1912 1916   1919
AD Hilda Spong 1875   1915 1919   1955
2S Phoebe Davis     N/A N/A    
3S Mrs. Sarah Cowell Le Moyne 1859   N/A N/A   1915
  Took the name Cowell in 1888            
4S Eleanor Robson 1879   N/A N/A 1910 1979
5S Bertha Galland 1876 1898 N/A N/A 1909 1932
6S Angela Dolores     1914 1914    
7S Clare Lipman 1869 1888 N/A N/A 1903 1952
8S Dorothy Morton     N/A N/A    
9S Truly Shattuck 1876   1915 1927   1954
10S Thomas M. Reynolds            
JS Max Rogers     N/A N/A    
QS Julia Marlowe 1866 1877 N/A N/A 1916 1950
KS Wilton Lackaye 1862   1914 1925   1932
AS Marcia Van Dresser 1880   N/A N/A   1937
2C Gus Rogers            
3C Grace George 1879   1915 1943   1961
4C Isadore Rush     N/A N/A    
5C Edward J. Connelly 1859 1884 1914 1929   1928
6C Jefferson De Angelis 1859   1915 1928   1933
7C Robert B. Mantell 1854   1915 1923   1928
8C R.E. Graham 1858   1913 1914   1916
9C Edward J. Morgan     N/A N/A   1906
10C Kyrle Bellew 1855   1905 1905   1911
JC William Faversham 1868 1885 1915 1937   1940
QC Maxine Elliott 1868 1889 1913 1919   1940
KC E.H. Sothern 1859   1915 1917   1933
AC Eleanora Duse 1858   1916 1916   1924
2H Julia Kingsley     N/A N/A    
3H Mabelle Gilman 1880 1896 N/A N/A   Unk
4H Caroline Butterfield     N/A N/A    
5H Nellie O’Neill     N/A N/A    
6H Charlotte Walker, Charlotte 1876   1915 1941   1958
7H Belle S. Robinson     N/A N/A    
8H Adine Bouvier     N/A N/A    
9H Florence Rockwell 1887   1915 1916   1964
10H James O’Neill 1847 1883 1913 1920   1920
JH Louis Mann 1865 1871 1933 1910   1931
QH Viola Allen 1869 1882 1914 1919   1948
KH Otis Skinner 1859   1930 1919   1942
AH Lulu Glaser 1872 1889 1915 1916 1917 1958
Joker De Wolf Hopper 1858 1899 1915 1933   1935

References:

  • Kuhl & Chitty. (2005). E J Phillips 1830-1904 People family and theatrical colleagues. Online at http://mysite.verizon.net/vze85s68/people.htm. Downloaded 4/17/2005.
  • Rusche, H. (2003). Shakespeare and the Players: The Players. Emory University. http://shakespeare.emory.edu/actors.cfm . Downloaded 4/17/2005.
  • Adler, C. & Vizetelly F.(2002). JewishEncyclopedia.com. Online at http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/. Downloaded 4/17/2005.
  • Internet Movie Database. (2005). The Internet Movie Database. Online at http://www.imdb.com/. Downloaded 4/15/2005.

Copyright ©2005 by Diana Savage

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