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Vintage Cards & Baseball History


Babe, Beer . . . and Ken McMullen
The monument in Yankee Stadium to Babe Ruth can be seen in the background of Ken McMullen’s 1971 card. Behind Babe’s monument is a...

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Sep 161 min read


1955 Topps Stamps
Stamp collecting was a popular hobby in the 1950s. Always eager to please, Topps developed a set of baseball stamps in 1955. They are...

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Aug 71 min read


A Sign of the Times - Autographs Part I
1975 Topps Mini If there is one thing that unites professional athletes across all major sports today, it is the squiggly line that...

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Jul 131 min read


Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Baseball
“There’s Sunshine, Fresh Air and It’s Independence Day, Let’s Play Two!” – with apologies to Ernie Banks Baseball history is deeply...

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Jul 42 min read


Veterans Day Salute - Murry Dickson
Dickson had a nondescript card but an eventful life. He was a member of a reconnaissance unit in World War II that went behind enemy...

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Nov 11, 20241 min read


Cardboard Connections
Baseball – and baseball cards – sometimes connect in unexpected ways. The 1953 Bowman set and the 1969 Topps Super set show off the...

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Sep 14, 20242 min read


I Can't Believe that Play!
How many times have you heard sports announcers yell, “I can’t believe it! What a catch!" Mickey Mantle was a great, great player. He...

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Aug 30, 20241 min read


Original Art
1952 Bowman George Shuba - Art for Unissued Card George Shuba batted 5,337 times as a professional. He played parts of seven years for...

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Aug 23, 20242 min read


Our Favorite Cards
1915 Cracker Jack #19 Charles Albert "Chief" Bender All three of the authors of this website went to camp in the Chippewa National Forest...

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Aug 12, 20241 min read


Food Issues of the 40s, 50s and 60s
In the Mad Men era, advertising executives thought baseball cards might help them sell. They used them to promote hot dogs, bread, soft...

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Aug 9, 20241 min read


Slide, Wayne, Slide
Wayne Terwilliger’s life, like that of the fictional Forest Gump, tells the story of a generation. He grew up in small-town America, in...

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Jul 9, 20241 min read
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