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1952 Topps Look 'n See (R714-16) - Complete Set of 135 Cards .
The 1952 Topps Look 'n See (R714-16) set is one of the most ambitious and educational non-sport releases of the early postwar era, presenting a sweeping gallery of world history's most influential figures. Spanning politics, exploration, science, literature, military history, and the arts, the set reflects Topps' early commitment to informative, encyclopedia-style trading cards designed to entertain and educate. Issued in a distinctive oversized format, the cards pair bold portraits with concise biographies, making the set both visually striking and intellectually engaging. Long valued for its scope, historical depth, and classic design, Look 'n See remains a cornerstone of vintage non-sport collecting.

Offered here is the complete set of 135 cards:
1. Franklin D. Roosevelt
2. Woodrow Wilson
3. Thomas Jefferson
4. Abraham Lincoln
5. Harry Truman
6. Theodore Roosevelt
7. Ulysses S. Grant
8. Andrew Jackson
9. George Washington
10. Gen. G. W. Goethals
11. Nathan Hale
12. Francis Scott Key
13. Wilbur Wright
14. Jefferson Davis
15. Babe Ruth
16. Paul Revere
17. Patrick Henry
18. Washington Irving
19. Alexander Hamilton
20. Albert Einstein
21. Benjamin Franklin
22. Daniel Webster
23. James A. McNeill Whistler
24. Phineas T. Barnum
25. George Eastman
26. George Washington Carver
27. Luther Burbank
28. Stephen Foster
29. Mark Twain
30. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh
31. Henry Ford
32. Gen. Douglas MacArthur
33. Oliver H. Perry
34. Gen. Robert E. Lee
35. Gen. Matthew Ridgway
36. Gen. Claire Chennault
37. George A. Custer
38. Stephen Decatur
39. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.
40. Stonewall Jackson
41. Dwight D. Eisenhower
42. John Paul Jones
43. Eleanor Roosevelt
44. Cleopatra
45. Amelia Earhart
46. Annie Oakley
47. Robert Peary
48. Ferdinand Magellan
49. Ponce De Leon
50. Richard Byrd
51. Christopher Columbus
52. Balboa
53. Kit Carson
54. Buffalo Bill Cody
55. Daniel Boone
56. Geronimo
57. Jesse James
58. Sitting Bull
59. Cochise
60. Wild Bill Hickok
61. Sam Houston
62. Bat Masterson
63. Billy the Kid
64. Winston Churchill
65. Mahatma Gandhi
66. William Shakespeare
67. Napoleon Bonaparte
68. Sir Isaac Newton
69. Guglielmo Marconi
70. Samuel F. B. Morse
71. Thomas A. Edison
72. Cyrus H. McCormick
73. Robert Fulton
74. Alexander Graham Bell
75. Elias Howe
76. Louis Pasteur
77. William Penn
78. Thomas Paine
79. Edgar Allan Poe
80. Will Rogers
81. Sir Walter Raleigh
82. Rembrandt
83. Clara Barton
84. Julius Caesar
85. Chiang Kai-Shek
86. Benvenuto Cellini
87. Marie Curie
88. Roald Amundsen
89. Hans Christian Anderson
90. Benedict Arnold
91. Enrico Caruso
92. Louis Daguerre
93. Admiral George Dewey
94. Sir Francis Drake
95. Alfred E. Smith
96. Tecumseh
97. Jules Verne
98. Adlai Stevenson
99. Lester B. Pearson
100. Lord Beaverbrook
101. Daniel Defoe
102. Anne of Cleves
103. Duke of Windsor
104. Queen Elizabeth II
105. Leonardo da Vinci
106. Machiavelli
107. George C. Marshall
108. Michelangelo
109. Admiral Horatio Nelson
110. Nero
111. Florence Nightingale
112. John D. Rockefeller
113. Sir Walter Scott
114. Percy Bysshe Shelley
115. John Philip Sousa
116. Robert Louis Stevenson
117. Arturo Toscanini
118. Amerigo Vespucci
119. H. G. Wells
120. Wendell Willkie
121. Emile Zola
122. Captain William Kidd
123. Sir Henry Morgan
124. Charles Darwin
125. Charles Dickens
126. Leif Ericson
127. Galileo
128. Genghis Khan
129. Johannes Gutenberg
130. Victor Herbert
131. Henry Hudson
132. Henry VIII
133. Joan of Arc
134. Lafayette
135. Dolley Madison

As a bonus, some duplicates are also included.

The ungraded cards exhibit moderate handling wear, including some softened or rounded corners and minor surface wear consistent with age. Some cards show centering variations, but overall image quality remains strong.


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