TorontoLitho | Canadian Sports Series

Printer’s Proofs

Toronto Litho, as did most printers, created a set of proofs for their cards prior to final printing. The proofs are generally quite rare, as they were not intended for sale. You can see extensions of the printer’s crop marks & other markings on the cards.

In this case, some of those proofs have been preserved, as shown below.

While most of the proofs show the final graphics used on the published cards, the “ROWING & YACHTING” card varies from the proof, which was designated “SCULLING & YACHTING”. The change from “SCULLING” to “ROWING” seems to have occurred at the last moment, and the “N” in “ROWING” has been printed in reverse.