V118 Big Chief chocolate by Ganong Bros Limited

Sections

Card Hall of Fame Wild West sets N2 Allen & Ginter N36 Allen & Ginter A2 Allen & Ginter album N579 Monarch Tobacco E46 Philadelphia Caramel E49 American Caramel E50 Dockman's Gum V118 Ganong Bros Misc sets ? Canadian Gum Co

This very rare 50 card set was issued by Ganong Bros Limited of Canada in 1939 with their Big Chief chocolate bars. Ganong is probably best known for selling the first commercially made chocolate bar. Even before Hershey did. Each card is numbered on the back. The back describes using the cards to play the game "Indian". If anyone knows what this game is, I would love to know. Text on the back is in both English and French, as is the case for almost all cards issued in Canada. The pictures used for this set are essentially the same as those used in the N2 set. The major difference being that the negative has been reversed and that extra feathers and other decorations have been added to make the cards more colorful. The artwork itself looks like very bright watercolors. Size limitations on my website prevent me from showing all 50 cards but I have provided some examples on this page of what these cards look like next to N2s with a checklist of the cards and their numbers below.                       V118                                  N2   The back of the Ganong card is pictured below. Checklist - I have never seen a checklist, so empty spots indicate cards I need. 1   Black Eye                                 26 Spotted Tail 2   Red Thunder                            27 Wetcunie 3   Clam Fish                                  28  Mad Bear 4   Black Hawk (Sac & Fox)  29 Striker 5   Geronimo                                  30 Red Cloud 6   Always Riding                       31 John Yellow Flower 7   Chief Joseph                           32 Bull Head 8   Keokuk's Son                          33 Big Bear 9   Big Razor                                 34  Sitting Bull 10 Cayatanita                            35 Many Horns 11 Iron Bull                                  36 Noon Day 12 Great War Chief                37 Keokuk 13 Deer Ham                                 38 Red Bird 14 Big Elk                                      39  Crow's Breast 15 Grey Eagle                             40 Lean Wolf    16 British                                       41 Young Whirlwind 17 White Swan                           42 Rushing Bear     18 Big Snake                                43 Man & Chief  19 Big Chief                                  44  John Grass 20 Arkikita                                  45 Great Bear   21 White Shield                         46 Red Shirt   22 War Captain                        47 King of the Crows  23 Agate Arrow Point          48 Black Hawk (Sioux)   24 Chief Gall                               49 Young Black Dog   25 Hairy Bear                             50 True Eagle