Checklist: Frederick Douglass:

Frederick Douglass

Lifetime photographic cards beat every modern trading card. CDVs and cabinet cards from the 1860s-1890s are the real firsts.

1. 1

   1860s-1870s Carte-de-visite (CDV) studio portraits

   Lifetime. Multiple studio sittings. True first card-format pieces.

   CDV · Considered the first

2. 2

   1870s-1890s Cabinet cards (Warren, Roberts, and other studios)

   Larger format. Still lifetime.

   Cabinet card

3. 3

   late 1800s-early 1900s Period photographic postcards

   Continuing the paper trail after cabinet cards.

   Postcard

4. 4

   1970s-80s Black History educational cards

   First modern commercial issues.

   Card

5. 5

   1977 U.S. Games Black History Playing Cards

   Playing-card format. Consistent with Booker T. Washington.

   Playing card

6. 6

   1990s Grolier / Pomegranate / Starline knowledge cards

   Common but legitimate.

   Card

7. 7

   2000s Upper Deck / SP Legendary Cuts historical issues

   Later. Completist only.

   Card

8. 8

   1967 U.S. postage stamp (Famous Americans era adjacent)

   Not a card. Optional small-format adjacent only if you want a stamp companion note. Listed last so it does not lead the checklist.

   Stamp (adjacent)