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Joe Dennison
1912 · C57 Hockey · #42
Joe Dennison’s #42 in the C57 hockey issue.
- Sport
- Hockey
- Year / season
- 1912
- Set
- C57 Hockey
- Number
- #42
- Format
- Card
About this card
Joe Dennison’s 1912 C57 Hockey card is number 42 in that release. This is an early tobacco card. Cards like it were packed with cigarettes, partly to stiffen the pack and partly to advertise the brand, and collectors assembled the series by hand. The C56 and C57 codes come from the American Card Catalog’s numbering for Canadian issues.
It carries no rookie label. That is not a claim either way: the catalog adds the label only when a cited source supports it.
How to identify it
Cards this old vary in size, trimming and paper toning, and some have been reproduced. Compare the back printing, the card stock and the exact dimensions with a trusted example before relying on the front alone.
In Joe Dennison’s run
This is the only Joe Dennison entry in the catalog so far.
In the 1912 checklist
The catalog’s selected checklist for the 1912 C57 Hockey release also includes Carl Kendall. It is a partial checklist of cataloged cards, not the full release.
What to know about this issue
- The identity follows the source’s 1912 C57 grouping.
- Only the player and card-number fields support this reference; no valuation is imported.
Inspect the source
Source reviewed 2026-10-08. The source describes this issue; it does not verify any item offered by a third party.
No assigned grade, market value or verified offer is supplied by this reference entry.
Read the hockey collecting guide
The complete front visibly reads Joe Dennison and Ottawa. PSA’s 1912 C57 issue table identifies #42; the number itself is not visible on this front. No reverse, printing-variant determination, physical authentication, reprint exclusion, or condition assessment is supplied.
Joe Dennison C57 scan, via Wikimedia Commons (PM800). US public-domain notice for the 1912 artwork.
Public domain in the United States — expired copyright, per file notice · Original source (opens in a new tab) · Image credits
Raw or graded. Inspect the actual copy.
The issue stays 1912 · C57 Hockey. These are research checks, not a condition assessment of a specimen.
Raw / ungraded
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- Record visible condition
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- Keep authentication separate
- Ungraded does not establish authenticity or mean “never authenticated.” A protective case alone does not establish a professional condition grade.
Professionally graded
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- Compare within the stated scale
- Retain the company’s exact grade name and number. Different companies and grade designations are not automatically equivalent; a numeric label does not establish a current price.
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