[tedzan]

My first BB cards were acquired in the Summer of 1947 when I was 8 years old. They were pulled from the BOND BREAD packages.



Like Peter Thomas, my first color BB cards were the 1949 LEAF's. But, only the 1st series of 49 cards. Peter was very fortunate, since the very tough
2nd series (49 cards) were available in his area.

Collected 1948 - 1952 BOWMAN's (BB and FB and WILD WEST cards).

In the Spring of 1952, I was very excited when the TOPPS cards were available. My very last pack of 1952 TOPPS cards was acquired in the Fall of 1952.
It included this Mickey Mantle. In 1977, I recovered my collection of sportscards from my youth. Fortunately, my folks stored the cards in our attic (when
I was away in the Air Force in the early 1960's).



TED Z