The 1923 Lection set is a 10 card set that doesn't have a solid history behind it yet. The cards have an image of a player inside an oval on the left of the card with their name and team written below the image. The word Lections is written at the top of the right side of the card with a 1923 copyright for B&B Co. printed under that.
The rest of the card shows a baseball scene in either green or orange. Below is a nice example of the Babe Ruth card.
Most examples of Lection cards are in poor condition for some reason. And there are only estimated to be 40 - 50 examples known in the hobby today.
Not much is known about this set or the distributor. It is rumored that they were given to children around the same time that similar "election" cards were being distributed to adults for political candidates at the time. The political cards looked similar but obviously weren't baseball themed.
Another very interesting thing about these cards is that they are often found with holes punched in them like the example on the right.Some thoughts about the holes are that they were punched when the cards were redeemed at local candy stores. I'm not completely on board with this idea since some of the cards are completely covered with these holes.
I just don't see the cards being used over and over again at some local candy or ice cream store this many times. Here is another Ruth example with a few more holes in it.
Maybe someday we will find a lot more about these cards and maybe find some solid proof about their distribution and why they were punched so much. Below is a nice gallery of the then known examples from our friends at OldCardboard.
Enjoy the hobby all...it's a mysterious one.
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