How hard was it to find new Topps series in 1950s, '60s and early '70s?

[KCRfan1]

Originally Posted by sb1

We had Duckwalls, IGA and a couple of other locally owned grocery stores that all had sports and non-sports. Even the concession stand at the local baseball diamond had Topps packs. Remember getting the 69 decals and sticking them on the cards and the bleachers. We could only tell when the next series came out by the checklist and new faces/numbers, but it was off to the races buying and marking that box in, when I got the whole row done I marked it top to bottom. in 1969 there were still nickel packs, so when I got a dollar from my grandmother on the way out the store I went to town.....So many Al McBean's in the first series!


And small world...… we played Wamego the first Football game of the season for many, many years.

Would that be Council Grove?

[stlcardsfan]

Sorry for the off topic but thought you guys might like this. Was flipping through channels this morning and on M.E. TV there was an episode of Leave it to Beaver on. Wally had a new job at the soda fountain and Beaver and Whitey and one of his other friends (can't remember name) came in for a milkshake. They assumed Wally would give it to them free but he asked for payment and Whitey reached in his pocket and threw out about a half dozen 1959's. One of the cards was the Words of Wisdom with Stengel. Thought that was pretty cool.

[MarcosCards]

Hilarious - maybe it’s on YouTube.

[stlcardsfan]

The words of wisdom card is #383 and I also saw a #417 Virgil Trucks. They were mint! One of the cast or crew must have just opened a 4th series pack.

[sb1]

Originally Posted by KCRfan1

Would that be Council Grove?

Yes it would be.