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Posted By: <b>T E</b><p>Back in 1969 I was at the Hall of Fame. I went into the souvenir shop. They had those glossy yellow backgound HOF plaque cards. But in a basket on the floor, they were selling these. I take it they were printed in 1939 for the "100 year Anniv."<br /><br />The one showing the museum itself is blank-backed.<br /><br />I'd love any knowledge on these cards, thanks!

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Posted By: <b>T E</b><p><Img src="http://voot.pair.com/hoofaway/ruthpc.jpg"><BR><br /><Img src="http://voot.pair.com/hoofaway/ruthpc2.jpg"><BR>

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Posted By: <b>Rhett Yeakley</b><p>What you have is the first type of HOF B/W postcards they made. They were produced by "National Base Ball Museum" from 1939-43, yours is the first type, made only in 1939, slight caption change on back from 1940-1943. Then Albertype produced the postcards from 1944-1950's, then they were replaced by Artvue which produced them until 1963. I believe that is when the Yellow ones began to be produced nearly uninterupted until the present day, 1970's Dexter Press ones were made for a short time but they were terrible for signatures and were discontinued.<br />-Rhett

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Posted By: <b>T E</b><p>Is this something I should authenticate if I ever decided to sell? I guess I should have scooped out a few more of these cards from that basket! The only other one I got is Cy Young.

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Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>TE, is that bottom one a postcard or an envelope? It looks very similar in design to my Ruth First Day Cover from the opening of the Hall in 1939.<br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/6285/1939ruthfdcsmalldi7.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" /></a>

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Posted By: <b>T E</b><p>THat really is cool looking. Mine is an unused PC, blank back. I guess they were both printed in 1939.