View Full Version : 1950 Buffalo Bisons - Does anyone know anything about these ?
DixieBaseball
03-23-2010, 07:10 PM
I was curious if anyone knows how these cards were distributed ? In packs ? Give away at a game ? Mail in ? I have not found anything on these and was curious if anyone knows who made them, where they distributed them, and how they distributed them ? Any information would be appreciated. Thanks
wake.up.the.echoes
03-23-2010, 07:23 PM
http://centuryoldcards.com/1950/1950V362.html
canadian minor league cards. thanks FKW =)
DixieBaseball
03-23-2010, 08:12 PM
Very helpful information. I did not know they were Canadian issue. Do you have any idea how they were distributed ? Packs, Regional games ? Mail in offers ? I would appreciate even your speculation as I am trying to understand more about these 2 cards.
Thanks, JJ
Fairly sure it was packs of gum. The company is well known. World Wide Gum Co. of Canada made a few sets in the 1930s. They were often called "Canadian Goudeys" because they used a similar or the same exact designs as the Goudey Gum Co. of the era.
Example of a 1933 World Wide Gum Co. card (V353)
http://centuryoldcards.com/images/1933v353gehrig.jpg
FUBAR
03-24-2010, 12:08 AM
when you see french on a "North American" card, dead give away it is canadian....
wake.up.the.echoes
03-24-2010, 06:47 AM
frank is a wealth of information, isn't he?
nice cards, btw. hope you do well with them.
-alan