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I have not seen any of these sets in the database yet. I have 32 different cards (with one duplicate) that originally belonged to my great-grandmother. Mine range from 1893 to 1897 from Berean Lesson Pictures, Little Bible Lesson Pictures, and Westminster Lesson Cards. These would have been handed out each week in Sunday School with a picture from the lesson on the front and review questions on the back.  They were either numbered throughout the year, or divided into quarters.

I have scans of mine, but I cannot figure out how to add pictures from my computer.

I looked into these a while back and started collecting info on other cards that I do not own, but I still do not have complete checklists. If I were to continue, would there be interest in having these in the database? 

I don't know if there would be "an interest" but if a full checklist could be built, I don't see why they couldn't be added in the Non Sport section. Tracing the history of sets that are 130 some years old though will be a difficult task.

Are these the cards you are talking about?

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1031705434/antique-sunday-school-cards-bible-story?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_-home_and_living-domestic_low&utm_custom1=_k_ea97293db32c1954610a4bc7fef611b2_k_&utm_content=bing_412373112_1309518646655325_81844979140035_pla-4585444530274366:pla-4585444530274366_c__1031705434&utm_custom2=412373112&msclkid=ea97293db32c1954610a4bc7fef611b2

Per this auction on ebay, it looks like they had some in German as well.  The auction mentions the dates ranging from 1898 to 1908 on the cards they are selling.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/403337832861?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-213727-13078-0&mkcid=2&itemid=403337832861&targetid=4581183927179145&device=c&mktype=&googleloc=&poi=&campaignid=418233787&mkgroupid=1241348861725295&rlsatarget=pla-4581183927179145&abcId=9300542&merchantid=51291&msclkid=0ac74ead9f251975bac92c57d114b411

On a yahoo image search I see several pictured.  I tried to find a checklist or site that shows what they all are but can't find one.

https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=Antique+sunday+school+lesson+cards+checklist&fr=yfp-t&imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2Fd0%2F62%2F98%2Fd062981c9916f6626f62b73135586566.jpg#id=15&iurl=http%3A%2F%2Fgaragesalehomepage.com%2Fuserimages%2F22899.jpg&action=click

Definitly something unique that not everyone would have in their collection.

Would be interesting to see images of them. I don't have any but would surely be non sport vintage

Those are the same type of card.  I do not know how many different companies/printers were putting these out at any given time.  I had started collecting info on cards I do not own a while back.  I can start up again, and see if we can get some entire years.