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I bought a few 1975 Topps packs, but the first year I started to collect and sort the cards was 1977. Here are some still in the same sheets.
The 57 Solly Hemus was given to me by my Dad, sort of out of the blue one day in the late 70's. I did not know who the player was and did not understand until much later that Hemus had been a star for the local Buffaloes, the Cardinals minor league affiliate.
I ordered the Goudey from the a mail order ad in the late 70's and paid with my own cash. I think it was from Baseball Digest, not sure.
The oldest cards by cards are probably the OJ scripts.