Lot # 1635: 1950s H.B.I. Famous Events In American History Series 2 Bread Labels (63) with Amelia Earhart - Clean, Very Rare Issue

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The fabric of a nation is woven with the offered 1950s H.B.I. Events in American History Series 2 bread label collection of (63) different. The blue foundation fronts are each dated to a noteworthy event that includes four stars on the left/right borders coupled with an illustration and biographical text. Very few copies from this extremely rare issue have surfaced and the offered accumulation appears to be the largest such offered for public sale. These mostly crisp die-cut illustrations are placed on wafer-thin paper stock with varying instances of packaging residue found on the backs. Includes:

Akron Destroyed, Alcan Highway, Antarctic Continent, British Evacuate Boston, Brooklyn Bridge Opened, John Brown's Raid, Cherokee Strip Opened, Chicago Fire, Clipper Ships, Collapse of Stock Market, Congress Establishes Mint, Constitutional Convention, Custer's Last Stand, Virginia Dare, Early Balloon Ascension, Amelia Earhart Lost, Early Steamboat, Empire State Building, Leif Ericson, First Passenger Railroad, First Printing Press, First Telegraph Message, Florida Discovered, Franklin's Kite Experiment, Galveston Hurricane, Gregorian Calendar Adopted, Nathan Hale Executed, Hamilton-Burr Duel, Homestead Act Passed, Wild Bill Hickok Killed, Hoover Dam, Henry Hudson, Incandescent Bulb, Jamestown, Va. Burned, Johnston, Pa. Flood, Klondike Gold Rush, Lewis & Clark Expedition, Lexington & Concord, Liberty Bell, Manhattan Purchased, Mason & Dixon Line, Monroe Doctrine, N.E. Indian Wars End, Niagara Falls, Old Ironsides Launched, President McKinley Shot, Providence Founded, Railroads Meet, Red Cross Organized, Round-the-World Flight, Salem Witchcraft, Santa Fe Trail, Scouts Formed, Siege of Yorktown Ends, Sinking of The Maine, Southwest Explored, Star Spangled Banner, Television Demonstrated, Texas Admitted as State, Washington Burned, Washington Monument, West Coast Claimed, and Whaling Ships.