1950s "Race Against Time" Trading Cards – Lot of 22 (18 Different) – Canadian Bilingual Issue – Calgary Stampede Chuck Wagon Race – Queen's Plate – Space Ship Race – Indianapolis 500

Twenty-two cards from the Canadian "Race Against Time" series of the mid-1950s — a 40-card set (backs in English and French, "La Course Contre Le Temps") celebrating the greatest races and speed records of all time, from Roman chariots to rockets. The art is pure 1950s: saturated colour, dramatic angles, and records frozen at the moment they were printed. Canadian content runs through the lot: the Calgary Stampede chuck wagon race record of 1953, "Canadiana Wins" the Queen's Plate at Toronto in 1953, and Ned Hanlan's 1878 sculling win for Canada. The sci-fi "Space Ship Race — First to the Moon" card, printed years before Sputnik, is the one everyone picks up first. Eighteen different cards, with four duplicates — a strong start on the 40-card set.

Details
Series: "Race Against Time" / "La Course Contre Le Temps" — Canadian bilingual issue, printed in Canada; backs carry the story of each race and read "Save the full set of 40 cards"
Quantity: 22 cards — 18 different, with duplicates of Nos. 4, 27, 30, and 39
Cards included (by number and title as printed):
No. 2 Chariot Race — 652 B.C.
No. 3 Atlanta's Race
No. 4 Clipper Ships — "10 Seconds To Go" (record: Ariel, China to England, 1866) — x2
No. 5 Steamboat Race — "Down the Mississippi" (Robt. E. Lee, 1870)
No. 6 Oxford–Cambridge Race — "Dead Heat in 1877"
No. 7 Singles Sculling — "Hanlan Wins" (Hanlan, Canada, 1878)
No. 11 Airship — "Airship Race 1907" (Hindenburg–Germany record flight noted)
No. 13 10,000 Meter Run — "'Phantom Finn' In Full Stride" (record: Zatopek, Helsinki, 1952)
No. 15 Harmsworth Trophy Race — "She Sinks" (Slo-Mo-Shun IV, Detroit, 1950)
No. 19 Automobile Speed, 1 Mile — "Seven Miles a Minute" (J. Cobb, Bonneville, Utah, 1947)
No. 25 Ocean Crossing — "World Record on First Trip" (S.S. United States, 1952)
No. 27 Olympic Bob Sled Race — "German Team Wins at '52 Olympics" (Oslo, 1952) — x2
No. 30 Queen's Plate — "Canadiana Wins in 1953" (Toronto, Ont.)
No. 32 Indianapolis 500 Miles — "Vukovich Wins 500-Mile Classic in '53"
No. 33 The Hambletonian, 1 Mile — "Helicopter Wins in 1953" (Hoot Mon, Goshen, N.Y., 1947 record)
No. 37 Chuck Wagon Race, ½ Mile — Calgary Stampede, 1953 (J. Phelan, Alta.)
No. 38 Men's Mile Run — "Wind Robs Landy of 4-Minute Mile, 1954" (record: G. Haegg, Sweden, 1945)
No. 39 Space Ship Race — "First to the Moon" (216,420 miles; record 10,000 mph) — x2
Age/Era: Mid-1950s (content runs through 1954)
Materials: Printed card stock
Completeness: Partial set — 18 of the 40 cards, plus 4 duplicates, as listed
Functionality: Collectible non-sport trading cards; sold raw and ungraded
Included: 22 x Race Against Time cards as listed above

Condition
Mid-grade vintage condition, sold exactly as pictured — please judge the grade from the photos. All 22 cards are complete with clean, readable backs and strong front colour. Expect the normal handling of 70-year-old cards: toned edges, corner and edge wear, light surface wear, and creasing on the No. 19 automobile speed card. No card is torn, written on, or missing a piece. Ungraded and unslabbed.

Pickup and Shipping Information
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