I managed to land the Berra advertisement. The ad appears in the July 1963 issue of Boy's Life. I believe that July is the only month when the ad ran. I asked sellers of the July issue if the ad was present in the magazine. I asked a seller of the complete 1963 Boy's Life run and the ad was not in any issue. A seller from Maine and Oregon said the ad was not in the issue. The magazine I landed was from NJ. Granted it is a small sample but I think the ad only appeared in major markets. Although the sellers claimed that all pages were intact, the ad could have been removed. I have yet to find any other player besides Berra depicted in the ad.
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