 First published in 1939 as "The United States Card Collectors Catalog", subsecquent editions of the ACC came in 1946 (when it was renamed), 1953 and 1960.Only 500 catalogs were printed in 1939, increasing to 3,000 in its last edition of 1960.It has become the "de facto" method in identifying and organizing trade cards produced in the Americas pre-1951.