When a tag becomes a card.....1936 Kroger bread cards

[Leon]

Sometimes it's the small nuggets of new information that make collecting enjoyable. For each person it's different but for me it's the little nuances of obscure sets. Until a few months ago there had only been one known Kroger Bread-tag card (I was aware of). It was thought to have been from the 1940s. Then another popped up on the bay a few months ago and I won it. It was very similar to the previously known one. Then very recently the same seller put two more up on the bay and I was fortunate enough to make him a higher offer than the first one ended at and he accepted it. One of these two gives more specifics as to the dating of the set, 1936. These were a promo for a free pass to Perry Stadium. The stadium started life as Perry Stadium, named for Norm Perry, the club owner who built it in 1931. It was renamed Victory Field in 1942 in reference to World War II. In 1967 the ballpark was sold to the city, and later that same year it was renamed for former major league baseball player and Indianapolis native Donie Bush, who had served as president of the Indians from 1955 to 1969. (*thanks Wiki)
All three of these guys were on the Indianapolis team in 1936 and all eventually made the majors.

[Ease]

Do you think the one without the hole was just handed out as opposed to being used to cinch the bread bag? Kroger sure has a lot of loyal customers here in the south, idk why, they're expensive as heck.

[Leon]

My guess is the one without the hole was put into a bread bag.

[T205 GB]

Originally Posted by Ease

Do you think the one without the hole was just handed out as opposed to being used to cinch the bread bag? Kroger sure has a lot of loyal customers here in the south, idk why, they're expensive as heck.

That's funny you say that because all the ones I knew of growing up were like Aldi's. Different strokes for different folks.

[Cardboard Junkie]

Great cards Leon. As an aside, In 1954 Shaefer Bread actually included a pack of 54 Topps BB in their packages. I know this because 2 sons of the distributor sold me a huge stack of "pack fresh" 54s with a pile of wrappers, and that was the story. Dave. The un-wholy one was probably inside because of the get in free deal, they didn't want kids taking the passes off the packages? Make sense?

[tschock]

Cool cards/pics! Those cards are rarer than Leon's 1932 quarter. But not quite as rare as his 1931 quarter.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Cardboard Junkie

.. The un-wholy one was probably inside because of the get in free deal, they didn't want kids taking the passes off the packages? Make sense?

Interesting point I hadn't thought of.

[Gmrson]

Very cool cards!

Originally Posted by Cardboard Junkie

The un-wholy one was probably inside because of the get in free deal, they didn't want kids taking the passes off the packages? Make sense?

Very good theory...made me wonder if the players were issued in both variations or certain players with holes and others without.

[fkw]

here is a Kroger Bread card Ive had for 11 years now.. cool others from this set are known now... also knowing it is a minor league issue and a bit earlier than I thought (1936) is helpful.
thanks for posting Leon
aloha
PS also noted that the card w/o the hanger hole punch and has the ticket offer is handcut on left side edge for some reason...

[drcy]

There are 1970s-90s product tags that at least used to be listed in the SCD catalog, including a McGregor glove tag Nolan Ryan and a Spot Bilt shoes tag George Brett. So tags as quasi-cards (or pseudo cards, depending on your opinion) is not unique.