Card recomendation needed
 

I am seeking recommendations for (mainly) vintage cards with lush greenery/nature/vast skies included in the card. I have started a small collection of such cards that I will attach below to give you an idea. Hopefully you can think of some cards I don't know about. Trying to include cards from a diverse array of sets, years, card types and styles.

reply to the thread or email me if you have any ideas!
jchapinswishy@gmail.com

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Turkey red's have a bunch w/ vast sky backrounds & this fits the bill for some greenery

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Just thought of how nicely the lawn is featured on some of the cracker jacks. Might be a bit out of my budget for now though.

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Sky/trees
 

Good morning Jackson-

The T206 baseball set is loaded with "nature" backgrounds that are striking.
A few examples include the Frank Oberlin, Harry Pattee, and Chief Bender
Pitching/Trees in Background cards. Check them out:)

Trent King

Here's some early ones from Washington:

Can anyone think of any Colorado Rockies cards from the 90's or 00's that features the beautiful mountainside? Thinking along the lines of this 51 Bowman card. Or a d-backs card that features the desert?

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Hey Trent,

Yeah that's a great idea, especially the Pattee. I would go after it if it weren't so similar to my Murphy. I would ideally like to limit this little quest to one card max per set.

oooh I really like the Donnelly and Schaefer! Thanks for sharing.

A really gorgeous, yet valueless modern card is a UD of Juan Gonzalez with a huge background of Wrigley Field ivy. It might be a '95? I forget. You'll find it quickly enough online. I may still have an autographed copy of it.

Jackson, most cards in the N284 Buchner Gold Coin set probably fit the description of cards you are seeking. Here's another card from this set plus a few more 19th Century cards that may interest you:

Val is correct, there is a ton of Buchner's that show the great outdoors
Here's 4 of the Chicago players

https://www.qualitycards.com/pictures/buchner2.jpg

T212 Obak, as well:


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Baseball cards only?

:confused:

Skies are fairly prominent in these E90-1 American Caramel cards, as well as about half of the 1911 Obak shown. The 1933 George C. Miller cards have a nice generic 'nature' background. And in the low-flying, pedestrian world of non-baseball cards, below is a Sky Birds aviatrix and T218 pedestrian.

Brian

All 4 of the Baseball N165's meet the criteria

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Is it green you're looking for??

The 1962 Topps #139 Babe Hits 60 'Green Tint' is the card for you. Man, they turned everything on it leafy green - fans, stanchion, dirt, sock, dugout...

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There are a few nice cards from the T209 set that might fit your criteria. Like this one.

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I'm not up to do a deep dive and post pictures of all the 1970 Seattle Pilots cards which have a great background but trust me, I believe several of the do have a wonderful background




Rich

More than half of the 1954 Blue Ribbon CFL set features players posed against greenery:

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The 1970 O-Pee-Chee CFL set is also replete with cards featuring lush grassy backgrounds:

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The 1971 O-Pee-Chee CFL set is also chock full of such cards:

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:cool:

My interests mostly lie in baseball but I wouldn't be opposed to considering cards from other sports as well.

That E90-1 Hall is especially nice, thanks for sharing.

beautiful, thanks for sharing

This is why net 54 rocks

Both the 1962 Post Cereal CFL:

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And the 1963 Post Cereal CFL:

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Are replete with scenic green foliage in the card backgrounds.

;)

Several of the 1973 Topps football cards showed Steelers players at St. Vincent College in Latrobe, PA, with backgrounds of the field and surrounding trees:

And there is the 1991 Topps Wade Boggs and 1992 Topps Lee Smith:

Grass , trees and a bubblegum billboard

This 1953 Bowman card of Enos Slaughter comes to mind for both big sky and a sprinkling of trees (likely palm trees) in the distance.

Brian

...and here is one of my favorites in the 1933 Goudey set, Charley Not My Root

Brian