<Back to Early Image <Back to search4dinosaurs.com <Series 1a and 3 by Heinrich Harder			Tiere der Urwelt (Creatures of the Primitive World) Series 1 and 2 Illustrated by F. John (born/died?) Printed 1902 and 1906(?) Germany
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		Series 1			Series 2
		1. Hydrosaurus 2. Megaceras 3. Woolly Mammoth 4. Moa 5. Sivatherium 6. Dinoceras 7. Triceratops 8. Archeopteryx and Glyptodont 9. Megatherium 10. Brontops	11. Dinotherium 12. Hesperornis 13. Pterodactyls 14. Laelaps 15. Megalosaurus and Iguanodon 16. Brontornis 17. Mosasaurus 18. Hadrosaurus 19. Hylaeosaurus 20. Ichthyosaurus	21. Stegosaurus 22. Plesiosaurus and Ichthyosaurus 23. Iguanodon 24. Teleosaurus 25. Brontosaurus 26. Compsognathus 27. Dimetrodon 28. Mastodonsaurus and Pareiosaurus 29. Archegosaurus 30. Pterichthys	1. Dodo 2. Belodon 3. Leguatia 4. Ursus 5. Protorohippus 6. Plesiosaurus 7. Tylosaurus 8. Torosaurus 9. Helicoprion 10. Megaladapis	11. Dinichthys 12. Testudo 13. Meiolania 14. Megaceros 15. Aetosaurus 16. Elgina and Hyperodapedon 17. Machairodus 18. Titanotherium 19. Nyctodactlyus 20. Rhytina	21. Protorosaurus and Menaspis 22. Mesonyx 23. Woolly Mammoth 24. Epigaulus 25. Geikia and Sclerosaurus 26. Geosaurus 27. Embolophorus 28. Zeuglodon 29. Nothosaurus 30. Diplodocus
	These chromo-lithographic cards were produced and sold in Germany around 1900-1910. I've found evidence that Series 1 was printed at least as early as 1902, but have not been able to confirm the exact printing year for Series 2, although it must have been before 1916, when Series 1a was out. The artist signed the cards F. John, and not much else can be found today about who that person was. The cards were produced by the Reichardt Kakoa company, which probably gave them away with boxes of cocoa. The illustrations are for the most part colorized versions of the work of earlier published material from books and magazines of the day, and many are based on the work of Charles R. Knight's paintings from the American Museum of Natural History. Altogether 5 sets of 30 cards were made, with F. John doing 1 and 2, set 2a was a series of reprints from the earlier sets, and 1a and 3 were original designs by the artist Heinrich Harder. The cards measured 7.5"x10.5" and each set of 30 has it's own folder to store them in.