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Posted By: Rob Ray

My late mom's uncle was Nap Rucker. When I was very young (late 60s),we visited him down south (first time I had ever met him,he was some sort of a town politician at the time and I belive he died a few years after our visit). He had a bunch of his tobacco cards,although at the time I had no idea what they were. He gave my brother and me a couple of his cards (I think one was a triple-folder) as well as a B-18 blanket (still have the B-18 prominently framed on my bookshelf at home)...again,these did not hold any interest for us at the time,so exscept for the blanket,we somehow lost them over the years.
he also gave me his dodgers cap,which I gave to my brother when I went away to college in mid 70s...which he "lost" at some point. Anyway,mid 80s I suddenly remember those cards of his,but after he died my mom lost touch with his family. I scrambled around at shows looking for his cards at that time....and became interested in other tobbaco cards and packs.
Rob