EXHIBIT BASEBALL CARDS FROM 1948 --- WITH CHECKLIST

 

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E.  1948

               Inscription: MADE IN U.S.A. Size:   5/8 inch  or 19/32 inch

For 1948 I have identified 37 cards with the inscription “MADE IN U.S.A.” which is 5/8 inches long (or 19/32 inch).   Included in this list is Feller with the length of the inscription at 5/8 inch not 9/16 inch (which was the case for the 1946 Feller card.)  Feller’s image for the 1946 card is smaller than that for the 1948 card.  Also note, that on the 1948 list is Joe Gordon, wearing a Cleveland uniform.  He was not traded to Cleveland until October of 1946 and probably did not get changed to the Cleveland uniform until 1948.  Moreover, the length of the MADE IN U. S. A. is 5/8 inch unlike the 9/16 inch of his 1946 card.  Also, Gordon’s image is slightly smaller on the 1948 card than the 1946 card.   Also, the 1946 version of Fred Walker with the D covered over on his cap was probably produced in 1948.    Ted Williams in his smaller picture version was probably produced in 1947 or 1948 as well.

For the 1948 set I did not try to speculate about which cards were carry-overs from previous sets.  There must have been 28 of them. 

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