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Originally Posted by ALR-bishop
Scott-- it is the well known photographer. In fact most of the people in the set were well known photographers. It was Mandell ( pictured above) who had an idea for the set and baseball theme. Topps helped produce it and supplied him free gum to insert in the packs he had made up and gave away or sold
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That's absolutely unreal! I figured the others were notable photographers as well. But, to have the most iconic photographer in American history on a Topps card (a vintage Topps card at that) is priceless. Do you know if Mandell took the photos himself or it was more of a collective effort? Also, was this given out at an art reception or just to his close friends, etc.? That kind of stuff should be in the Smithsonian's art gallery. Thanks again for sharing that - never would have imagined something like that even existed.