With the holidays upon us, I thought it might be nice to share this lovely card, featuring William "Bill" Wagner on a beautifully-executed color throwout card. This wonderful keepsake has several fine features not often seen on a scaling card. First is the holiday theme, which is rare, if not unique. Second, the face of the card bears a date -- 1930 -- providing true holiday joy for the researcher interested in the history of these items.Wagner also demonstrates another interesting phenomenon. I first posted this card shortly before the demise of throwingcard.com, planning to list Wagner as yet another "Man of Mystery," about whom I could discern nothing. I had even planned to offer a bounty (specifically, a free throwingcard.com postcard) to the first intrepid reader who could tackle the challenge of finding out about Wagner. However, with increased digitization of books and magazines, the efforts of historians and writers on various sites, and the rise of the Ask Alexander search engine, the task of tracking down obscure performers has grown increasingly easier.
