Where have you gone, Brad Rasmussen? (A 1960 Post Mickey Mantle tale)

[Vintagedeputy]

First off I know that this is not a pre-war topic so please forgive me. There is a question that I will have at the end for the veterans here and their pre-war experience may prove useful. I also thought that the story might get more views in this section.

Back in 1960/61, a young man named Brad Rasmussen set out to write a homemade book about baseball. He made several page entries about the history of the game. Maybe he did this for himself, or a school project. If he’s still alive, he’s probably about 75-80 years old, I’m guessing.

Anyway, as young Bradley toiled to write his story, at some point, he decided to add some colorful content. I recently acquired this piece and I’m overjoyed to show you the colorful content that he added..

A 1960 Post Cereal box back panel of Mickey Mantle. The panel is glued to notebook pages.

Not only did young Bradley save this back panel from his box of Grape Nuts cereal with the biggest star of the day, Mickey Mantle. He also saved the (probably more rare) side panel from the box that talked about Mantle’s accomplishments. Although in his haste to remove it from the box, he tore a corner, but the box remnant is still spectacular in its own right. I imagine more back panels with the full framed photo were saved than the smaller sections from the side panel of the box.

I hope that you enjoy the photos and my question for those pre-war veterans experienced in removing glue from cards, can you tell me about 1960 glue and the best way to remove this from the notebook paper?