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Ted ZanidakisIn 1981 I met with hobby great, George Moll. I went to his home to interview
him for a BB Mag. article. George Moll was the genius behind Gum, Inc. during
1939 to 1943. The owner of Gum, Inc., of course was J. Warren Bowman, and they
produced all the PlayBall cards and did all that fantastic artwork for "The Horrors
of War" and the "War Gum" cards.
Then after WWII, George Moll was the genius behind all the Bowman cards from
1948 to 1955 (Sports and Non-Sports cards). Even though he was in his mid-80s
when I met him, George was like a little kid talking about and showing me his vast
collection and the original artwork that his agency created to produce these Gum
cards. His office walls were decorated with the original uncut sheets of PlayBall
and Bowman cards.