Please Help Identifying "Bazooka" back on 1957 Topps (with F Robinson)

[KC Doughboy]

I have never seen a 1957 Topps with a back like this. Can someone give me any background on this type of back?
It's interesting that it also has the Frank Robinson name on the back. It makes me wonder if they ran some sheets that had the Bazooka background on certain cards.
Thanks for your help
Eric

[jcmtiger]

Looks like it is cut from a box.

Joe

[Tripredacus]

Advertising Panel/Salesman Sample
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=132990

BUT yours is different where it says "Order today" and it looks that store is stamped on there and would have originally been blank. The panels in the linked thread do not have that space nor say Order Today.

[horzverti]

Here is the back of a different three card salesman sample panel which has the same space beneath "ORDER TODAY!". Sorry for the fuzzy image.

[KC Doughboy]

Thanks for all of the input. I wondered about the salesman samples when I got it, but when I checked the PSA pop report, none of the listed samples had either Zuverink or Frank Robinson.

I had only compared the names but didn't think about checking the other part of the card. Thanks to your input, I see it is an exact match of the Salesman Sample backs, excluding the grocers stamp.

Is there anyone who is recognized as an expert on '57 Salesman Samples?

[ALR-bishop]

Don't know about 57 specifically but if I have questions about Topps Salesman Samples I go to Griffins( Anthony) who posts on this board. You could contact him through a pm

[horzverti]

It looks to be the middle card cut from a three card salesman sample panel.

United Grocers is (was?) a warehousing company in Appleton WI (as it is stamped on the back). United supplied product to grocery stores in Northeastern Wisconsin. If I remember correctly, United was also named or was referred to as United Foods. United was the middleman between the product manufacturers (in this case Topps) and the stores.

Back to the card...cool card.