vintage-baseball-card-research

  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  F.    1949   Inscription: MADE IN U.S.A.  and AN EXHIBIT CARD      Size:  ½ inch  or 17/32 inch The cards from 1949 are easy to date because they included the printing of “AN EXHIBIT CARD” in addition to the “MADE IN U.S.A.” of size 1/2 inch.  To further justify my opinion that cards which depict league champions were produced in the subsequent year, you will note that the league champions of 1948 are in the 1949 set because they have the “AN EXHIBIT CARD” inscription.   However, this leads to my first mystery for which I do not have a complete explanation.  If this idea about cards being produced after the season is always true, why do the two cards for 1949 league champions have the “AN EXHIBIT CARD” inscription?  Perhaps they were produced in 19...

  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G.  1950                              Inscription:  MADE IN U.S.A.        Size 7/16 inch In 1950 the inscription was again “MADE IN U.S.A.” but it was reduced in size to only 7/16 inch.  And there was no “AN EXHIBIT CARD” on these cards.  I have included the 1949 Yankees and the 1949 Dodgers team cards.  Undoubtedly cards from the 1949 set or before were among those that were produced along with then new cards in 1950.   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- H.    1951 to 1953              Inscription:  Made in U.S.A.  (Lower Case)      Size:    ½ inch or 17/32 inch Cards from 1951 to 1953 can be counted together since they all have the inscription “Made in U.S.A.”, size ½ inch. I am agreeing with the writers of other articles on these cards that those produced in 1952 were black and white not tan colored.  The 1951 pennant winners (printed in 1952) are black and white.  The 1950 winners (printed in 1951) and the 1952 winners (printed in 1953) were tan colored. Some player cards were probably produced in one of the years or two of the years or in all three.    For example, Marty Marion is in the 1952 set because he is shown in a St. Louis Browns uniform on a black and white card.  He ...

  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I.    1954 – 1956         1954, 1956                   Inscription:         PRINTED IN U.S.A.           Size:    3/4 inch         1955         Made in U.S.A.                 Size:     ½ inch                                                                             MADE IN U.S.A.                 Size:     ½ inch       ...

  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                                                          J.      1957 – 1958 Inscription: Printed in U. S. A.   (U. S. A. spread)        Size:  21/32 inch  New cards were printed with the inscription “Printed in U. S. A.” length 21/32 inch.  (Most published lists call this measurement 5/8 inch).  And, for the first time, there are spaces between the letters of “U. S. A.”  But, as was the case for a new year’s production, not all cards had the new inscription.   An uncut sheet of 16 players from 1958 that I have seen offered on ebay, includes 7 cards (Adcock, Roberts, Baker, Schoendienst, Trucks, Kali...

                                                                                                                             1957 to 1958                                                                                1959 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                               ...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                                                          L.      1960 Inscription: Printed in U. S. A.   (U. S. A. spread)        Size:  21/32 inch In 1960 the Exhibit cards were printed in black and white and have several variations in the inscription locations or other subtle changes when compared to 1959, which makes for interesting variations if you are so inclined to search for these.   You can see all these variations on the 1960 Checklist which follows. I have seen an uncut sheet of 32 1960 cards which verifies their placement on the 1960 list.  I have noted this verification on the 1960 list. Note that for 1960 Ma...